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intermining

intermining is the present participle and gerund of intermine.

Meaning of intermine

Verb

intermine (third-person singular simple present intermines, present participle intermining, simple past and past participle intermined)

  1. (obsolete) To intersect or penetrate with minerals.
    • Her earth with Allome veines most richly intermin'd.1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 28 p. 146
  2. (broadly) Intermix; intersperse.
    • After supper were brought in upon the place the fair wooden gospels—that is to say, many pairs of tables and cards—with little small banquets, intermined with collations and reer-suppers.1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua

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What is intermining the present participle and gerund of?
Intermining is the present participle and gerund of intermine.

Words near intermining in the dictionary

  1. interminglements
  2. intermingles
  3. intermingling
  4. interminglings
  5. interminiband
  6. intermining
  7. interministerial
  8. interministerially
  9. interministry
  10. intermise
  11. intermission

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