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insolencing

insolencing is the present participle and gerund of insolence.

Meaning of insolence

Verb

insolence (third-person singular simple present insolences, present participle insolencing, simple past and past participle insolenced)

  1. (obsolete) To insult.
    • ...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government1851, Church Wardens of Burlington, “The Church Wardens &c. of Burlington to the Honourable Society. Burlington, 28th, 1715”, in Collections of the Protestant Episcopal Historical Society, volume 1...

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Questions about insolencing

What is insolencing the present participle and gerund of?
Insolencing is the present participle and gerund of insolence.

Words near insolencing in the dictionary

  1. insoled
  2. insolence
  3. insolenced
  4. insolences
  5. insolencies
  6. insolencing
  7. insolency
  8. insolent
  9. insolently
  10. insolentness
  11. insolents

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