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obsequiating

obsequiating is the present participle and gerund of obsequiate.

Meaning of obsequiate

Verb

obsequiate (third-person singular simple present obsequiates, present participle obsequiating, simple past and past participle obsequiated)

  1. (literary, rare, transitive) To be obsequious to (someone).
    • Pope of Rome, being in an awful jolly humor, got off a joke. Some fine ladies went to obsequiate him, and carried a little girl along with them.1876 March 21, Maria Ferretti, “Pope of Rome”, in Washington Chronicle, volume XIII, number 272, Washington, D.C., “Personalities” section, page 7, column 1

Questions about obsequiating

What is obsequiating the present participle and gerund of?
Obsequiating is the present participle and gerund of obsequiate.

Words near obsequiating in the dictionary

  1. obsequents
  2. obsequial
  3. obsequiate
  4. obsequiated
  5. obsequiates
  6. obsequiating
  7. obsequie
  8. obsequience
  9. obsequiences
  10. obsequies
  11. obsequiosity

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