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incanting

incanting is the present participle and gerund of incant.

Meaning of incant

Verb

incant (third-person singular simple present incants, present participle incanting, simple past and past participle incanted)

  1. (rare) To state solemnly, to chant.
  2. To recite an incantation.
    • They now remember a tall man wrapped in a cloak [...] incanting to himself as he crossed the road.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 378

Questions about incanting

What is incanting the present participle and gerund of?
Incanting is the present participle and gerund of incant.

Words near incanting in the dictionary

  1. incantators
  2. incantatory
  3. incanted
  4. incanter
  5. incanters
  6. incanting
  7. incantoning
  8. incantor
  9. incantors
  10. incants
  11. incap

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