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gladiating

gladiating is the present participle and gerund of gladiate.

Meaning of gladiate

Verb

gladiate (third-person singular simple present gladiates, present participle gladiating, simple past and past participle gladiated)

  1. To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.
    • You could try and take us (oh, oh),
      but we're the gladiators (oh, oh)
      […]
      We gladiate, but I guess we're really fighting ourselves […]2013, Lorde, Glory and Gore: Pure Heroine

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Questions about gladiating

What is gladiating the present participle and gerund of?
Gladiating is the present participle and gerund of gladiate.

Words near gladiating in the dictionary

  1. Gladhills
  2. gladial
  3. gladiate
  4. gladiated
  5. gladiates
  6. gladiating
  7. gladiation
  8. gladiator
  9. gladiatored
  10. gladiatorial
  11. gladiatorialism

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