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enwombing

enwombing is the present participle and gerund of enwomb.

Meaning of enwomb

Verb

enwomb (third-person singular simple present enwombs, present participle enwombing, simple past and past participle enwombed)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.
    • For not as other wemens commune brood / They were enwombed in the sacred throne / Of her chaste bodie [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To enclose.

Questions about enwombing

What is enwombing the present participle and gerund of?
Enwombing is the present participle and gerund of enwomb.

Words near enwombing in the dictionary

  1. enwomaned
  2. enwomaning
  3. enwomans
  4. enwomb
  5. enwombed
  6. enwombing
  7. enwombs
  8. enwound
  9. enwove
  10. enwoven
  11. enwrap

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