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impinguating

impinguating is the present participle and gerund of impinguate.

Meaning of impinguate

Verb

impinguate (third-person singular simple present impinguates, present participle impinguating, simple past and past participle impinguated)

  1. (obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
    • Frictions also do more fill and impinguate the body than exercise1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Questions about impinguating

What is impinguating the present participle and gerund of?
Impinguating is the present participle and gerund of impinguate.

Words near impinguating in the dictionary

  1. impings
  2. Impington
  3. impinguate
  4. impinguated
  5. impinguates
  6. impinguating
  7. impinguation
  8. impious
  9. impiously
  10. impiousness
  11. impire

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