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glittening

glittening is the present participle and gerund of glitten.

Meaning of glitten

Verb

glitten (third-person singular simple present glittens, present participle glittening, simple past and past participle glittened)

  1. (archaic) to glisten, to reflect, to shimmer.
    • At one of the river landings I passed, there was something white glittening in the moonlight.1880, George Chittenden Benham, A Year of Wreck: A True Story, by a Victim, page 439

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Questions about glittening

What is glittening the present participle and gerund of?
Glittening is the present participle and gerund of glitten.

Words near glittening in the dictionary

  1. glitchlessly
  2. glitchy
  3. Glitnir
  4. glitten
  5. glittened
  6. glittening
  7. glittens
  8. glitter
  9. glitter ball
  10. glitter bomb
  11. glitter bombed

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