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foryielding

foryielding is the present participle and gerund of foryield.

Meaning of foryield

Verb

foryield (third-person singular simple present foryields, present participle foryielding, simple past and past participle foryielded)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) to pay back; recompense.
  2. (obsolete) to yield up; pay; reward; requite.

Questions about foryielding

What is foryielding the present participle and gerund of?
Foryielding is the present participle and gerund of foryield.

Words near foryielding in the dictionary

  1. forwrap
  2. forwrought
  3. Foryd
  4. foryield
  5. foryielded
  6. foryielding
  7. foryields
  8. forzandi
  9. forzando
  10. forzandos
  11. forzati

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