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impenetrating

impenetrating is the present participle and gerund of impenetrate.

Meaning of impenetrate

Verb

impenetrate (third-person singular simple present impenetrates, present participle impenetrating, simple past and past participle impenetrated)

  1. (transitive) To penetrate into.
    • In nature we see forces impenetrating the entire matter, residing in it as its true essence and shaping power.1875, Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine, volume 3, page 108

Questions about impenetrating

What is impenetrating the present participle and gerund of?
Impenetrating is the present participle and gerund of impenetrate.

Words near impenetrating in the dictionary

  1. impenetrably
  2. impenetralia
  3. impenetrate
  4. impenetrated
  5. impenetrates
  6. impenetrating
  7. impenetration
  8. impenetrations
  9. impenetrative
  10. impenitence
  11. impenitences

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