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marmorizing

marmorizing is the present participle and gerund of marmorize.

Meaning of marmorize

Verb

marmorize (third-person singular simple present marmorizes, present participle marmorizing, simple past and past participle marmorized)

  1. (transitive) To transform into marble.
    • The principal effect of this intrusion has been to marmorize the surrounding limestone, though locally some large masses of contact-metamorphic minerals have been formed.1908, Adolph Knopf, Geology of the Seward Peninsula Tin Deposits, Alaska, page 44

Questions about marmorizing

What is marmorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Marmorizing is the present participle and gerund of marmorize.

Words near marmorizing in the dictionary

  1. marmorization
  2. marmorizations
  3. marmorize
  4. marmorized
  5. marmorizes
  6. marmorizing
  7. marmorkrebs
  8. marmorosis
  9. Marmos
  10. marmose
  11. marmoses

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