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mortificating

mortificating is the present participle and gerund of mortificate.

Meaning of mortificate

Verb

mortificate (third-person singular simple present mortificates, present participle mortificating, simple past and past participle mortificated)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, transitive) To mortify.
    • No. It wasn't. Period. Mortificate thyself and repent, Elizabeth.1994 March 20, <-Inquisitor->, “New Tourist Attraction, or, "When in Rome..."”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)

Questions about mortificating

What is mortificating the present participle and gerund of?
Mortificating is the present participle and gerund of mortificate.

Words near mortificating in the dictionary

  1. mortiferously
  2. mortiferousness
  3. mortificate
  4. mortificated
  5. mortificates
  6. mortificating
  7. mortification
  8. mortification root
  9. mortifications
  10. mortified
  11. mortifiedly

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