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inwombing

inwombing is the present participle and gerund of inwomb.

Meaning of inwomb

Verb

inwomb (third-person singular simple present inwombs, present participle inwombing, simple past and past participle inwombed)

  1. (transitive) To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.
    • It was long before the Son of God was inwombed,…1881, Elizabeth Wilson, quoting Sir Nathaniel Bacon, 1647, Lights and Shadows of Ancient European Mythology, Language and History, Reprint edition, Kessinger Publishing, published 2003, →ISBN, page...
  2. (transitive) To enclose, inwrap.
    • Its faith dies like the inwombed fire of earth, …1854, Stephen Henry Bradbury, Edenor: A Dramatic Poem, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 61

Questions about inwombing

What is inwombing the present participle and gerund of?
Inwombing is the present participle and gerund of inwomb.

Words near inwombing in the dictionary

  1. inwinding
  2. inwinds
  3. inwit
  4. inwomb
  5. inwombed
  6. inwombing
  7. inwombs
  8. inwone
  9. inwones
  10. inwood
  11. inwoods

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