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inumbrating

inumbrating is the present participle and gerund of inumbrate.

Meaning of inumbrate

Verb

inumbrate (third-person singular simple present inumbrates, present participle inumbrating, simple past and past participle inumbrated)

  1. (obsolete) To put in shadow; to darken.
    • An eclipse had suddenly inumbrated the moon, and as the black shadow was perceived stealing rapidly onwards, and casting a mysterious gloom over the face of nature[…]1844, Sir William Cornwallis Harris, The Highlands of Æthiopia

Questions about inumbrating

What is inumbrating the present participle and gerund of?
Inumbrating is the present participle and gerund of inumbrate.

Words near inumbrating in the dictionary

  1. inulosucrases
  2. Inuman
  3. inumbrate
  4. inumbrated
  5. inumbrates
  6. inumbrating
  7. inumimi
  8. inunct
  9. inuncted
  10. inuncting
  11. inunction

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