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exinaniting

exinaniting is the present participle and gerund of exinanite.

Meaning of exinanite

Verb

exinanite (third-person singular simple present exinanites, present participle exinaniting, simple past and past participle exinanited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make (something) weak and ineffective; to enervate.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To empty someone of their power and dignity (usually said of Christ).
    • For this thinke in your ſelues, vvhich alſo in Chriſt Iesvs, vvho vvhen he vvas in the forme of God, thought it no robberie, him ſelf to be equal to God, but he exinanited him ſelf, taking the forme of a ſeruant, made into the ſimilitude of men, and in ſhape found as man.1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Philippians 2:5–7, page 528

Questions about exinaniting

What is exinaniting the present participle and gerund of?
Exinaniting is the present participle and gerund of exinanite.

Words near exinaniting in the dictionary

  1. eximiously
  2. exinal
  3. exinanite
  4. exinanited
  5. exinanites
  6. exinaniting
  7. exinanition
  8. exinanitions
  9. exindusiate
  10. exine
  11. exineless

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