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exiguating

exiguating is the present participle and gerund of exiguate.

Meaning of exiguate

Verb

exiguate (third-person singular simple present exiguates, present participle exiguating, simple past and past participle exiguated)

  1. (obsolete) to shrink and reduce in quality or value; to become exiguous
    • "Though defrauded of an earldom, he need not exiguate into a dwarf."1860, Catherine Gore, The Lord and the Lout - Page 50

Questions about exiguating

What is exiguating the present participle and gerund of?
Exiguating is the present participle and gerund of exiguate.

Words near exiguating in the dictionary

  1. exigents
  2. exigible
  3. exiguate
  4. exiguated
  5. exiguates
  6. exiguating
  7. exiguities
  8. exiguity
  9. exiguous
  10. exiguously
  11. exiguousness

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