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honesting

honesting is the present participle and gerund of honest.

Meaning of honest

Verb

honest (third-person singular simple present honests, present participle honesting, simple past and past participle honested)

  1. (obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
    • You have very much honested my lodging with your presence.1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...

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What is honesting the present participle and gerund of?
Honesting is the present participle and gerund of honest.

Words near honesting in the dictionary

  1. honester
  2. honestest
  3. Honesti
  4. honestie
  5. honesties
  6. honesting
  7. honestley
  8. honestly
  9. honestness
  10. honestone
  11. honestones

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