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erugating

erugating is the present participle and gerund of erugate.

Meaning of erugate

Verb

erugate (third-person singular simple present erugates, present participle erugating, simple past and past participle erugated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To remove wrinkles from.
    • [page 694:] […] and erugates the belly after birth.
      [page 737:] […] old Hags, to erugate or emend their Faces; herein following the prudence of Galen, though a Pagan, who disallows of not onely the Painting of Faces, but the Tinctures of Hair; […]1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of Physick : Discovering the Natures, Properties, and Vertues of Vegetables, Minerals, & Animals ... : Methodically Digested...

Questions about erugating

What is erugating the present participle and gerund of?
Erugating is the present participle and gerund of erugate.

Words near erugating in the dictionary

  1. eruditions
  2. erudits
  3. erugate
  4. erugated
  5. erugates
  6. erugating
  7. eruginous
  8. erumnies
  9. erumny
  10. erumpent
  11. erupt

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