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peculiarizing

peculiarizing is the present participle and gerund of peculiarize.

Meaning of peculiarize

Verb

peculiarize (third-person singular simple present peculiarizes, present participle peculiarizing, simple past and past participle peculiarized)

  1. (transitive) To make peculiar; to set apart or assign as an exclusive possession.
    • meddle with those matters that are peculiarized to another coat1666, John Smith, King Solomon's Portraiture of Old Age

Questions about peculiarizing

What is peculiarizing the present participle and gerund of?
Peculiarizing is the present participle and gerund of peculiarize.

Words near peculiarizing in the dictionary

  1. peculiarity
  2. peculiarization
  3. peculiarize
  4. peculiarized
  5. peculiarizes
  6. peculiarizing
  7. peculiarly
  8. peculiarness
  9. peculiars
  10. peculiarsome
  11. peculiary

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