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paeaning

paeaning is the present participle and gerund of paean.

Meaning of paean

Verb

paean (third-person singular simple present paeans, present participle paeaning, simple past and past participle paeaned)

  1. (rare, transitive) To sing a paean; to praise.
    • Then let the pæaned hymn aspire, / Nor longer court unholy gloom; / Let happier music wake thy lyre, / Than haunts the precincts of the tomb.1804, Joseph Story, “[Fugitive Poems:] Expostulation and Reply”, in The Power of Solitude. A Poem. In Two Parts, new and imp. edition, Salem, Mass.: Published by Barnard B. Macanulty, →OCLC, page 211

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Forms of paeaning

alternative formpæaning
alternative formpeaning

Questions about paeaning

What is paeaning the present participle and gerund of?
Paeaning is the present participle and gerund of paean.

Words near paeaning in the dictionary

  1. Padé approximant
  2. Padé approximants
  3. PAE
  4. paean
  5. paeaned
  6. paeaning
  7. paeanism
  8. paeanismos
  9. paeanisms
  10. paeans
  11. paedagogic

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