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ingraving

ingraving is the present participle and gerund of ingrave.

Meaning of ingrave

Verb

ingrave (third-person singular simple present ingraves, present participle ingraving, simple past and past participle ingraved)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bury; to place in a grave.
    • But if these black adventures I survive, / Ev'n till this mortal body be ingrav'd, / You shall be lord of that which you have sav'd.1655, Thomas Heywood, Fortune by Land and Sea

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Questions about ingraving

What is ingraving the present participle and gerund of?
Ingraving is the present participle and gerund of ingrave.

Words near ingraving in the dictionary

  1. ingravidate
  2. ingravidated
  3. ingravidates
  4. ingravidating
  5. ingravidation
  6. ingraving
  7. ingredience
  8. ingrediency
  9. ingredient
  10. ingredient deck
  11. ingredient decks

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