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gaincoping

gaincoping is the present participle of gaincope.

Meaning of gaincope

Verb

gaincope (third-person singular simple present gaincopes, present participle gaincoping, simple past and past participle gaincoped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To catch up with, intercept, or encounter (a person) by taking a short-cut.
    • These came forth later than the rest but, coasting thwart a hill, They did gaincope him as he came and held their master still Until that all the rest came in and fastened on him too.2002, originally 1565, Ovid, Madeleine Forey, Ovid's Metamorphoses

Questions about gaincoping

What is gaincoping the present participle of?
Gaincoping is the present participle of gaincope.

Words near gaincoping in the dictionary

  1. gainbite
  2. gaincoming
  3. gaincope
  4. gaincoped
  5. gaincopes
  6. gaincoping
  7. gained
  8. gained ground
  9. gained momentum
  10. gained on
  11. gained one's spurs

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