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pactioning

pactioning is the present participle and gerund of paction.

Meaning of paction

Verb

paction (third-person singular simple present pactions, present participle pactioning, simple past and past participle pactioned)

  1. To form a pact; to make a binding agreement.
    • It would be usury, in the construction of law, to take from a necessitous debtor a bond for ₤. 100 for the loan of 800 marks, though the ordinary interest be pactioned for the sum borrowed;1811, The Decisions of the Court of Session

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Questions about pactioning

What is pactioning the present participle and gerund of?
Pactioning is the present participle and gerund of paction.

Words near pactioning in the dictionary

  1. pacting
  2. paction
  3. pactional
  4. pactionally
  5. pactioned
  6. pactioning
  7. pactions
  8. pactitious
  9. pactless
  10. Pactolian
  11. Pactolus

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