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obeahing

obeahing is the present participle and gerund of obeah.

Meaning of obeah

Verb

obeah (third-person singular simple present obeahs, present participle obeahing, simple past and past participle obeahed)

  1. (transitive) To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.
    • Sometimes an egg is boiled hard, and laid in the middle of the road, surrounded by a circle of plantane bark; at others, pieces of hair, cats' teeth, cocks' feathers, and bits of glass, broken amber, and snakes' skins, are placed at the person's door; but oftener buried so as to be concealed from...1829 October 31, “S.” [pseudonym], “Obeah”, in The New Scots Magazine, volume II, number XII, Edinburgh: Published by R. Buchanan, No. 26, George Street [...], published 1830, →OCLC, page 248

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Questions about obeahing

What is obeahing the present participle and gerund of?
Obeahing is the present participle and gerund of obeah.

Words near obeahing in the dictionary

  1. obea
  2. obeah
  3. obeah doctor
  4. obeah doctors
  5. obeahed
  6. obeahing
  7. obeahism
  8. obeahman
  9. obeahmen
  10. obeahs
  11. obeast

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