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gyving

gyving is the present participle and gerund of gyve.

Meaning of gyve

Verb

gyve (third-person singular simple present gyves, present participle gyving, simple past and past participle gyved)

  1. To shackle, fetter, chain.
    • Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity.1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 13

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Questions about gyving

What is gyving the present participle and gerund of?
Gyving is the present participle and gerund of gyve.

Words near gyving in the dictionary

  1. Gyumri
  2. Gyurcsik
  3. gyve
  4. gyved
  5. gyves
  6. gyving
  7. gyzym
  8. Gyōda
  9. gyōji
  10. gyōza
  11. Győr

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