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hearsing

hearsing is the present participle and gerund of hearse.

Meaning of hearse

Verb

hearse (third-person singular simple present hearses, present participle hearsing, simple past and past participle hearsed)

  1. (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
    • I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin!c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about hearsing

What is hearsing the present participle and gerund of?
Hearsing is the present participle and gerund of hearse.

Words near hearsing in the dictionary

  1. hearsecloths
  2. hearsed
  3. hearseless
  4. hearselike
  5. hearses
  6. hearsing
  7. hearsome
  8. hearsomeness
  9. hearst
  10. Hearstian
  11. Hearstling

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