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perfricating

perfricating is the present participle and gerund of perfricate.

Meaning of perfricate

Verb

perfricate (third-person singular simple present perfricates, present participle perfricating, simple past and past participle perfricated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To rub over.
    • […] they differ from embrocations, only in not being intended, like them, to be copiously used in washing or perfricating the part on which they are applied […]1761, Robert Dossie, Theory and Practice of Chirurgical Pharmacy

Questions about perfricating

What is perfricating the present participle and gerund of?
Perfricating is the present participle and gerund of perfricate.

Words near perfricating in the dictionary

  1. performs
  2. perfosfamide
  3. perfricate
  4. perfricated
  5. perfricates
  6. perfricating
  7. perfrication
  8. perfrications
  9. perfriction
  10. perfrictions
  11. perfringolysin

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