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laborating

laborating is the present participle and gerund of laborate.

Meaning of laborate

Verb

laborate (third-person singular simple present laborates, present participle laborating, simple past and past participle laborated)

  1. (archaic, intransitive, transitive) To produce or develop (something).
    • So astonishing do we know the effects of electricity to be, combined with the gases, that I rather incline to suppose these massive stones to be 'laborated,' as a chemist would say, in the vast regions of the air; not by the aid of bungling blacksmiths, Charlotte, but by the 'Great First Cause...1830, [Isabella Jane Towers], The Wanderings of Tom Starboard; […], London: John Harris, page 152

Questions about laborating

What is laborating the present participle and gerund of?
Laborating is the present participle and gerund of laborate.

Words near laborating in the dictionary

  1. laborant
  2. laborants
  3. laborate
  4. laborated
  5. laborates
  6. laborating
  7. laboratoria
  8. laboratorial
  9. laboratorian
  10. laboratorians
  11. laboratories

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