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impesting

impesting is the present participle and gerund of impest.

Meaning of impest

Verb

impest (third-person singular simple present impests, present participle impesting, simple past and past participle impested)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To afflict with pestilence, in most cases the bubonic plague.
  2. (figuratively, obsolete) To plague

Questions about impesting

What is impesting the present participle and gerund of?
Impesting is the present participle and gerund of impest.

Words near impesting in the dictionary

  1. impested
  2. impester
  3. impestered
  4. impestering
  5. impesters
  6. impesting
  7. impests
  8. impet
  9. impetigines
  10. impetiginized
  11. impetiginous

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