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exscribing

exscribing is the present participle and gerund of exscribe.

Meaning of exscribe

Verb

exscribe (third-person singular simple present exscribes, present participle exscribing, simple past and past participle exscribed)

  1. (obsolete) To copy down onto paper; to transcribe.
    • I that have been a lover, and could show it/ Though not in these, in rhymes not wholly dumb/ Since I exscribe your sonnets, am become/ A better lover, and much better poet.1640-41, Ben Jonson, A Sonnet, to the Noble Lady, the Lady Mary Wroth

Questions about exscribing

What is exscribing the present participle and gerund of?
Exscribing is the present participle and gerund of exscribe.

Words near exscribing in the dictionary

  1. exscinded
  2. exscinding
  3. exscinds
  4. exscribe
  5. exscribed
  6. exscribing
  7. exscript
  8. exscriptible
  9. exscripts
  10. exscriptural
  11. exsec

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