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gangrenating

gangrenating is the present participle and gerund of gangrenate.

Meaning of gangrenate

Verb

gangrenate (third-person singular simple present gangrenates, present participle gangrenating, simple past and past participle gangrenated)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To become gangrenous.
    • I have ſeen the guts of ſuch horſes[…] much diſposed to gangrenate1751, Henry Bracken, Traveller's Pocket Farrier

Questions about gangrenating

What is gangrenating the present participle and gerund of?
Gangrenating is the present participle and gerund of gangrenate.

Words near gangrenating in the dictionary

  1. gangrells
  2. gangrels
  3. gangrenate
  4. gangrenated
  5. gangrenates
  6. gangrenating
  7. gangrene
  8. gangrened
  9. gangrenes
  10. gangrenescent
  11. gangrening

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