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naying

naying is the present participle and gerund of nay.

Meaning of nay

Verb

nay (third-person singular simple present nays, present participle naying, simple past and past participle nayed)

  1. (obsolete) To refuse.
    • the cardinall then being bishop of Winchester, tooke vpon him the state of cardinall, which was naied and denaied him, by the king of most noble memorie1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

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Questions about naying

What is naying the present participle and gerund of?
Naying is the present participle and gerund of nay.

Words near naying in the dictionary

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  4. nayika
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  9. NAYLE
  10. Nayler
  11. Naylor

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