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investuring

investuring is the present participle and gerund of investure.

Meaning of investure

Verb

investure (third-person singular simple present investures, present participle investuring, simple past and past participle investured)

  1. (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
    • Monks […] investured in their copes.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

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Questions about investuring

What is investuring the present participle and gerund of?
Investuring is the present participle and gerund of investure.

Words near investuring in the dictionary

  1. investresses
  2. invests
  3. investure
  4. investured
  5. investures
  6. investuring
  7. invet'rate
  8. inveteracies
  9. inveteracy
  10. inveterate
  11. inveterated

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