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mottoing

mottoing is the present participle and gerund of motto.

Meaning of motto

Verb

motto (third-person singular simple present mottos, present participle mottoing, simple past and past participle mottoed)

  1. (intransitive) To compose mottos.
    • The singularity of his epigraphic strategy notwithstanding, Emerson does not draw attention to his own mottoing. One exchange suggests that his practice was a convention imposed from without.2003, Nineteenth Century Prose, volume 30, page 304

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Questions about mottoing

What is mottoing the present participle and gerund of?
Mottoing is the present participle and gerund of motto.

Words near mottoing in the dictionary

  1. mottling
  2. mottlings
  3. motto
  4. mottoed
  5. mottoes
  6. mottoing
  7. Mottola
  8. Mottolas
  9. mottoless
  10. mottolike
  11. Motton

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