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forthgazing

forthgazing is the present participle and gerund of forthgaze.

Meaning of forthgaze

Verb

forthgaze (third-person singular simple present forthgazes, present participle forthgazing, simple past and past participle forthgazed)

  1. (archaic, intransitive, poetic) To gaze forth; to look.
    • Forthgazing on the waste and open sea1827–1879 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Part II”, in The Lover’s Tale, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], published 1879, →OCLC, page 65

Questions about forthgazing

What is forthgazing the present participle and gerund of?
Forthgazing is the present participle and gerund of forthgaze.

Words near forthgazing in the dictionary

  1. forthfathers
  2. forthfill
  3. forthgaze
  4. forthgazed
  5. forthgazes
  6. forthgazing
  7. forthgive
  8. forthgo
  9. forthgoer
  10. forthgoers
  11. forthgoing

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