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impresting

impresting is the present participle and gerund of imprest.

Meaning of imprest

Verb

imprest (third-person singular simple present imprests, present participle impresting, simple past and past participle imprested)

  1. To advance funds on loan.
    • February 23 1780, Edmund Burke, Establism Bill
      it shall not be lawful to imprest or issue to the paymaster general of his majesty's land forces

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Questions about impresting

What is impresting the present participle and gerund of?
Impresting is the present participle and gerund of imprest.

Words near impresting in the dictionary

  1. impressure
  2. impressures
  3. imprest
  4. imprestable
  5. imprested
  6. impresting
  7. imprests
  8. impreventable
  9. imprevisibility
  10. imprevisible
  11. imprimantur

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