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Gestetner

Gestetner verb: to make a paper copy.

Verb

Gestetner (third-person singular simple present Gestetners, present participle Gestetnering, simple past and past participle Gestetnered)

  1. (dated) To make a paper copy.
    • In grade five I started a school newspaper which I would painstakingly Gestetner during recess.2015, Magda Szubanski, Reckoning, page 76

Forms of Gestetner

third-person singular presentGestetners
present participleGestetnering
past participleGestetnered
pastGestetnered

Origin of Gestetner

From the Gestetner duplicating machine named after its inventor, David Gestetner.

Questions about Gestetner

What does Gestetner mean?
Gestetner means to make a paper copy.
What part of speech is Gestetner?
Gestetner is a verb.
What is the past tense of Gestetner?
The past tense of Gestetner is Gestetnered.

Words near Gestetner in the dictionary

  1. gestators
  2. gestatory
  3. geste antagoniste
  4. gested
  5. gestes antagonistes
  6. Gestetner
  7. gestic
  8. gestical
  9. gesticulant
  10. gesticular
  11. gesticulate

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