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mirating

mirating is the present participle and gerund of mirate.

Meaning of mirate

Verb

mirate (third-person singular simple present mirates, present participle mirating, simple past and past participle mirated)

  1. (Southern US, uncommon) To marvel at.
    • With Bud in her arms and Babe at her heels, she rushed from one part of the court to another, laughing boisterously at Paulo's monkey pranks, and "mirating" over Francesca's tawdry finery.1893, M.E.M. Davis, “Judy's Mardi Gras”, in Wide Awake

Questions about mirating

What is mirating the present participle and gerund of?
Mirating is the present participle and gerund of mirate.

Words near mirating in the dictionary

  1. mirasorvone
  2. mirasudar
  3. mirate
  4. mirated
  5. mirates
  6. mirating
  7. miration
  8. mirations
  9. mirative
  10. miratively
  11. miratives

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