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ostending

ostending is the present participle and gerund of ostend.

Meaning of ostend

Verb

ostend (third-person singular simple present ostends, present participle ostending, simple past and past participle ostended)

  1. To exhibit or show
    • Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend.1602 (first performance), Thomas Dickers [i.e., Thomas Dekker], Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat. […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Thomas Archer, […]...

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Questions about ostending

What is ostending the present participle and gerund of?
Ostending is the present participle and gerund of ostend.

Words near ostending in the dictionary

  1. osteitises
  2. ostend
  3. ostended
  4. Ostender
  5. Ostenders
  6. ostending
  7. ostends
  8. ostensibility
  9. ostensible
  10. ostensibly
  11. ostension

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