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lenocinating

lenocinating is the present participle and gerund of lenocinate.

Meaning of lenocinate

Verb

lenocinate (third-person singular simple present lenocinates, present participle lenocinating, simple past and past participle lenocinated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To entice to immorality; to pander (“tempt with or cater to impropriety”).
    • Cardinall Bellarmyne he abuseth more grosly, for he calleth him, a Cardinal parasite, the lenocinating pander of the whore of Babylon, […]1612, Robert Persons, A discussion of the Answere of M. William Barlow

Questions about lenocinating

What is lenocinating the present participle and gerund of?
Lenocinating is the present participle and gerund of lenocinate.

Words near lenocinating in the dictionary

  1. Lenobel
  2. Lenoble
  3. lenoblite
  4. lenocinant
  5. lenocinate
  6. lenocinating
  7. lenocinium
  8. lenograstim
  9. lenoi
  10. Lenoir
  11. Lenoir County

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