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naufragating

naufragating is the present participle and gerund of naufragate.

Meaning of naufragate

Verb

naufragate (third-person singular simple present naufragates, present participle naufragating, simple past and past participle naufragated)

  1. (ergative, obsolete, rare) To wreck (something).
    • All which Proposals we are resolved by Gods gracious assistance with unanimity, constancy, and activity, in our several stations, with our lives and fortunes, to prosecute and accomplish, to our powers, by all just and legal wayes, with what ever else may conduce to the Peace, Safety, Unitie...1660, Thomas Fuller, A happy handfull, or Green hopes in the blade; in order to a harvest, of the several shires, humbly petitioning, or heartily declaring for peace, […] John Williams […], page 48

Questions about naufragating

What is naufragating the present participle and gerund of?
Naufragating is the present participle and gerund of naufragate.

Words near naufragating in the dictionary

  1. Nauerts
  2. Naufal
  3. naufragate
  4. naufragated
  5. naufragates
  6. naufragating
  7. naufrage
  8. naufrageous
  9. naufragous
  10. nauga
  11. naugahide

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