latening
latening is the present participle and gerund of laten.
Meaning of laten
Verb
laten (third-person singular simple present latens, present participle latening, simple past and past participle latened)
- To grow late; become later.
- The afternoon was latening, but there was, I think, a quietly commemorative glow from the west.1928, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London: Faber and Faber, page 142 (Faber Paper 1972 edition)
Questions about latening
- What is latening the present participle and gerund of?
- Latening is the present participle and gerund of laten.
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