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ghostening

ghostening is the present participle and gerund of ghosten.

Meaning of ghosten

Verb

ghosten (third-person singular simple present ghostens, present participle ghostening, simple past and past participle ghostened)

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard, poetic) To make like a ghost; behave or appear as a ghost; make ghostly.
    • So looks the last month's pilgrimage, So the last hill, Down the moon-ghostened road there walks.1911, John Freeman, Fifty poems

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Questions about ghostening

What is ghostening the present participle and gerund of?
Ghostening is the present participle and gerund of ghosten.

Words near ghostening in the dictionary

  1. ghosted
  2. ghostee
  3. ghostees
  4. ghosten
  5. ghostened
  6. ghostening
  7. ghostens
  8. ghoster
  9. ghosters
  10. ghostess
  11. ghostesses

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