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juxtapositing

juxtapositing is the present participle and gerund of juxtaposit.

Meaning of juxtaposit

Verb

juxtaposit (third-person singular simple present juxtaposits, present participle juxtapositing, simple past and past participle juxtaposited)

  1. (archaic) To juxtapose.
    • In the whole Surface of an Ox's Crystalline, he reckons there are more than twelve Thousand Fibres juxtaposited.1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC

Questions about juxtapositing

What is juxtapositing the present participle and gerund of?
Juxtapositing is the present participle and gerund of juxtaposit.

Words near juxtapositing in the dictionary

  1. juxtaposes
  2. juxtaposing
  3. juxtaposings
  4. juxtaposit
  5. juxtaposited
  6. juxtapositing
  7. juxtaposition
  8. juxtapositional
  9. juxtapositionally
  10. juxtapositioned
  11. juxtapositioning

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