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insurging

insurging is the present participle and gerund of insurge.

Meaning of insurge

Verb

insurge (third-person singular simple present insurges, present participle insurging, simple past and past participle insurged)

  1. (transitive) To rise up as an insurgent or in an insurgency.
    • Thus before July, 1855, Spain was again convulsed, and Catalonia insurged under Cabecilla Marsal, the Carlist chief.1856, The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, page 295

Questions about insurging

What is insurging the present participle and gerund of?
Insurging is the present participle and gerund of insurge.

Words near insurging in the dictionary

  1. insurgent
  2. insurgentism
  3. insurgently
  4. insurgents
  5. insurges
  6. insurging
  7. insuring
  8. insurmountability
  9. insurmountable
  10. insurmountableness
  11. insurmountably

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