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ointing

ointing is the present participle and gerund of oint.

Meaning of oint

Verb

oint (third-person singular simple present oints, present participle ointing, simple past and past participle ointed)

  1. (archaic, poetic) To anoint.
    • They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Questions about ointing

What is ointing the present participle and gerund of?
Ointing is the present participle and gerund of oint.

Words near ointing in the dictionary

  1. oinomancy
  2. oinomania
  3. oinomel
  4. oint
  5. ointed
  6. ointing
  7. ointment
  8. ointmentlike
  9. ointments
  10. oints
  11. Oio

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