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parling

parling is the present participle and gerund of parle.

Meaning of parle

Verb

parle (third-person singular simple present parles, present participle parling, simple past and past participle parled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To talk; to converse; to parley.
    • […]Knute finding himſelf too weak, began to parle,[…]1670, John Milton, “The Sixth Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 266

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Questions about parling

What is parling the present participle and gerund of?
Parling is the present participle and gerund of parle.

Words near parling in the dictionary

  1. Parliers
  2. parlies
  3. parlimentaire
  4. parlimentaires
  5. Parlin
  6. parling
  7. Parlington
  8. Parlins
  9. parloir
  10. parloirs
  11. parlor

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