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entaming

entaming is the present participle and gerund of entame.

Meaning of entame

Verb

entame (third-person singular simple present entames, present participle entaming, simple past and past participle entamed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make tame.
    • 'Tis not your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire,
      Your bugle eye-balls, nor your cheeke of creame
      That can entame my spirits to your worship.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about entaming

What is entaming the present participle and gerund of?
Entaming is the present participle and gerund of entame.

Words near entaming in the dictionary

  1. entamebas
  2. entamebiasis
  3. entamebic
  4. entamed
  5. entames
  6. entaming
  7. entamoeba
  8. entamoebae
  9. entamoebas
  10. entamoebiasis
  11. entamoebic

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