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lending itself to

lending itself to is the present participle and gerund of lend itself to.

Meaning of lend itself to

Verb

lend itself to (third-person singular simple present lends itself to, present participle lending itself to, simple past and past participle lent itself to)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To be suitable for; be amenable to.
    • The belief in a romantic chaos lends itself to pessimism, but it also lends itself to absolute self-assertion.1916, George Santayana, Egotism in German Philosophy

Questions about lending itself to

What is lending itself to the present participle and gerund of?
Lending itself to is the present participle and gerund of lend itself to.

Words near lending itself to in the dictionary

  1. lending
  2. lending a hand
  3. lending an ear
  4. lending hand
  5. lending hands
  6. lending itself to
  7. lending libraries
  8. lending library
  9. lendings
  10. lends
  11. lends a hand

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