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exacuating

exacuating is the present participle and gerund of exacuate.

Meaning of exacuate

Verb

exacuate (third-person singular simple present exacuates, present participle exacuating, simple past and past participle exacuated)

  1. (figuratively, obsolete) To hone, whet or sharpen.
    • He hath done you wrong in a moſt high degree: And ſenſe of ſuch an injury receiv'd Should so exacuate, and whet your choler.1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio)...

Questions about exacuating

What is exacuating the present participle and gerund of?
Exacuating is the present participle and gerund of exacuate.

Words near exacuating in the dictionary

  1. exacts
  2. exactually
  3. exacuate
  4. exacuated
  5. exacuates
  6. exacuating
  7. exaeresis
  8. exaerobic
  9. exafference
  10. exafferent
  11. exaflop

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