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godmothering

godmothering is the present participle and gerund of godmother.

Meaning of godmother

Verb

godmother (third-person singular simple present godmothers, present participle godmothering, simple past and past participle godmothered)

  1. (transitive) To act as godmother to.
    • The servants took to her – as they say – she godmothered three Susans during her rule, the coachman's, the gardener's and the Up Hill gamekeeper's.1909, H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay

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Questions about godmothering

What is godmothering the present participle and gerund of?
Godmothering is the present participle and gerund of godmother.

Words near godmothering in the dictionary

  1. godmommy
  2. godmoms
  3. godmother
  4. godmothered
  5. godmotherhood
  6. godmothering
  7. godmotherly
  8. godmothers
  9. godmothership
  10. godmotherships
  11. godmum

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