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extreating

extreating is the present participle and gerund of extreat.

Meaning of extreat

Noun

extreat (countable and uncountable, plural extreats)

  1. (obsolete) Estreat.
  2. (obsolete) Extraction.
    • Whether this heavenly thing whereof I treat, / To weeten Mercie, be of Justice part, / Or drawne forth from her by divine extreate […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about extreating

What is extreating the present participle and gerund of?
Extreating is the present participle and gerund of extreat.

Words near extreating in the dictionary

  1. extreamest
  2. extreamly
  3. extreams
  4. extreat
  5. extreated
  6. extreating
  7. extreats
  8. extree
  9. extrema
  10. Extremadura
  11. Extremaduran

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