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garring

garring is the present participle and gerund of gar.

Meaning of gar

Verb

gar (third-person singular simple present gars, present participle garring, simple past and past participle gart)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done).
    • I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...].1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX

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Questions about garring

What is garring the present participle and gerund of?
Garring is the present participle and gerund of gar.

Words near garring in the dictionary

  1. Garrigan
  2. Garrigans
  3. Garrigas
  4. garrigue
  5. garrigues
  6. garring
  7. Garringer
  8. Garringers
  9. Garriott
  10. Garriotts
  11. garrison

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