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escribing

escribing is the present participle and gerund of escribe.

Meaning of escribe

Verb

escribe (third-person singular simple present escribes, present participle escribing, simple past and past participle escribed)

  1. (transitive) To draw outside of; designating a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the extensions of the other two sides.
    Antonyms:
    inscribe

Questions about escribing

What is escribing the present participle and gerund of?
Escribing is the present participle and gerund of escribe.

Words near escribing in the dictionary

  1. escribano
  2. escribanos
  3. escribe
  4. escribed
  5. escribes
  6. escribing
  7. Escrick
  8. escrima
  9. escript
  10. escripts
  11. escritoire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: escribing (page history and authors); escribe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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