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narcosing

narcosing is the present participle and gerund of narcose.

Meaning of narcose

Verb

narcose (third-person singular simple present narcoses, present participle narcosing, simple past and past participle narcosed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To place in a state of narcosis; to narcotize.
    • He then used only 1,250 p. p. m., and although none died, four out of five were depressed and irritated or narcosed.1936, Alice Hamilton, Recent Changes in the Painters' Trade, page 52

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Questions about narcosing

What is narcosing the present participle and gerund of?
Narcosing is the present participle and gerund of narcose.

Words near narcosing in the dictionary

  1. narcopolitics
  2. narcos
  3. narcose
  4. narcosed
  5. narcoses
  6. narcosing
  7. narcosis
  8. narcossism
  9. narcostate
  10. narcostates
  11. narcosub

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