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extrinsicating

extrinsicating is the present participle and gerund of extrinsicate.

Meaning of extrinsicate

Verb

extrinsicate (third-person singular simple present extrinsicates, present participle extrinsicating, simple past and past participle extrinsicated)

  1. To make extrinsic; to separate out or externalize.
    • Duke Savell notwithstanding, upon these great emergencyes, seemed, though with small hopes of any good effects, willing to extrinsicate his desire in a business which so much conceirned his Prince.1648, conte Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato, An History of the Late Warres and Other State Affaires of the Best Part of Christendom

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Questions about extrinsicating

What is extrinsicating the present participle and gerund of?
Extrinsicating is the present participle and gerund of extrinsicate.

Words near extrinsicating in the dictionary

  1. extrinsicalness
  2. extrinsicals
  3. extrinsicate
  4. extrinsicated
  5. extrinsicates
  6. extrinsicating
  7. extrinsication
  8. extrinsications
  9. extrinsick
  10. extrinsicness
  11. extrinsics

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