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insurrecting

insurrecting is the present participle of insurrect.

Meaning of insurrect

Verb

insurrect (third-person singular simple present insurrects, present participle insurrecting, simple past and past participle insurrected)

  1. (intransitive) To take part in an insurrection.
    • Bardella reflected: “When you’re talking about the Proud Boys being told to ‘stand back and stand by’, I think the articulation of that prosecution is made even more impactful and powerful when it’s being made by people of colour, by people who really represent symbolically the very thing that...2021 February 11, David Smith, “The impeachment managers reflect a diverse US – unlike the senators they seek to persuade”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2021

Questions about insurrecting

What is insurrecting the present participle of?
Insurrecting is the present participle of insurrect.

Words near insurrecting in the dictionary

  1. insurpassable
  2. insurrect
  3. insurrected
  4. insurrecter
  5. insurrecters
  6. insurrecting
  7. insurrection
  8. insurrectional
  9. insurrectionalism
  10. insurrectionalist
  11. insurrectionalists

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