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lasciviating

lasciviating is the present participle and gerund of lasciviate.

Meaning of lasciviate

Verb

lasciviate (third-person singular simple present lasciviates, present participle lasciviating, simple past and past participle lasciviated)

  1. To give oneself to lasciviousness; to lust (over).
    • Fools be those, who let themselves lasciviate in foul sensuality.1975, Glen W. Gadberry, Arnolt Bronnen and the Revolt of Youth, page 67

Questions about lasciviating

What is lasciviating the present participle and gerund of?
Lasciviating is the present participle and gerund of lasciviate.

Words near lasciviating in the dictionary

  1. LaScie
  2. lascious
  3. lasciviate
  4. lasciviated
  5. lasciviates
  6. lasciviating
  7. lasciviency
  8. lascivient
  9. lascivious
  10. lasciviously
  11. lasciviousness

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