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intenerating

intenerating is the present participle and gerund of intenerate.

Meaning of intenerate

Verb

intenerate (third-person singular simple present intenerates, present participle intenerating, simple past and past participle intenerated)

  1. (transitive) To soften; tenderize.
    • Fear intenerates the heart.1637, Joseph Hall, The Remedy of Profaneness

Questions about intenerating

What is intenerating the present participle and gerund of?
Intenerating is the present participle and gerund of intenerate.

Words near intenerating in the dictionary

  1. intendments
  2. intends
  3. intenerate
  4. intenerated
  5. intenerates
  6. intenerating
  7. inteneration
  8. intenerations
  9. intenible
  10. intensate
  11. intensated

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