hiating

Verb

hiate (third-person singular simple present hiates, present participle hiating, simple past and past participle hiated)

1. (intransitive, rare) To gape; to cause a hiatus.
   • When a hiatus is referent what it hiates is referent, when a hiatus is relatum what it hiates is relatum. In consequence it might be thought that a hiatus places what it hiates.1932, John Wisdom, “Logical constructions (III.)”, in Mind, JSTOR