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infaming

infaming is the present participle and gerund of infame.

Meaning of infame

Verb

infame (third-person singular simple present infames, present participle infaming, simple past and past participle infamed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To defame; to make infamous.
    • sapience, hitherto obscured, infamed1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...

Questions about infaming

What is infaming the present participle and gerund of?
Infaming is the present participle and gerund of infame.

Words near infaming in the dictionary

  1. infame
  2. infamed
  3. infames
  4. infamie
  5. infamies
  6. infaming
  7. infamise
  8. infamised
  9. infamises
  10. infamising
  11. infamita

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