ominating
ominating is the present participle and gerund of ominate.
Meaning of ominate
Verb
ominate (third-person singular simple present ominates, present participle ominating, simple past and past participle ominated)
- To be an omen for (something); to foreshow, to presage.
- A King thou art by name, and a King of good fellovvſhippe by nature, vvhereby I ominate this Encomion of the king of fiſhes vvas predeſtinate to thee from thy ſvvadling clothes.1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC
Questions about ominating
- What is ominating the present participle and gerund of?
- Ominating is the present participle and gerund of ominate.
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