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gustating

gustating is the present participle and gerund of gustate.

Meaning of gustate

Verb

gustate (third-person singular simple present gustates, present participle gustating, simple past and past participle gustated)

  1. (literary, rare) To taste; to have a relish for.
    • These woful spirits, drenched with the sensuous elements of the life which they led on earth; selfish as they were then to the very inmost depths of their natures, rush with a reckless and gluttonous appetite into the tissues of unfortunately open constitutions, and exult in breathing, drinking in...1869, William Howitt, “Classical and Modern Notions of the Relations betwixt Matter and Spirit”, in The Spiritual Magazine, volume IV, London: James Burns, […], page 350

Questions about gustating

What is gustating the present participle and gerund of?
Gustating is the present participle and gerund of gustate.

Words near gustating in the dictionary

  1. Gustafson
  2. Gustafson's law
  3. gustard
  4. gustards
  5. gustate
  6. gustating
  7. gustatio
  8. gustation
  9. gustations
  10. gustatious
  11. gustative

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