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linquishing

linquishing is the present participle and gerund of linquish.

Meaning of linquish

Verb

linquish (third-person singular simple present linquishes, present participle linquishing, simple past and past participle linquished)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To relinquish; to give up.
    • But now a while I linquiſh this conflict, / And paſſe beyond the ſeas without a backe[…]1591, Ludovico Ariosto, translated by Sir John Harington, Orlando Furioso, London: G. Miller, translation of original in Italian, published 1634, book XXXIX, stanza 18, page 326

Questions about linquishing

What is linquishing the present participle and gerund of?
Linquishing is the present participle and gerund of linquish.

Words near linquishing in the dictionary

  1. linoxyns
  2. LINQ
  3. linquish
  4. linquished
  5. linquishes
  6. linquishing
  7. Linquist
  8. Linquists
  9. lins
  10. linsang
  11. linsangs

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