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impaving

impaving is the present participle and gerund of impave.

Meaning of impave

Verb

impave (third-person singular simple present impaves, present participle impaving, simple past and past participle impaved)

  1. (archaic, transitive, literal or figurative) To pave.
    • Impaved with rude fidelity / Of art mosaic.1835, William Wordsworth, On revisiting Dunolly Castle

Questions about impaving

What is impaving the present participle and gerund of?
Impaving is the present participle and gerund of impave.

Words near impaving in the dictionary

  1. impaves
  2. impavid
  3. impavidity
  4. impavidly
  5. impavidness
  6. impaving
  7. impawn
  8. impawned
  9. impawning
  10. impawns
  11. IMPD

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