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perning

perning is the present participle and gerund of pern.

Meaning of pern

Verb

pern (third-person singular simple present perns, present participle perning, simple past and past participle perned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take profit of; to make profitable.
    • Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince Pern their Profession1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson...

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Questions about perning

What is perning the present participle and gerund of?
Perning is the present participle and gerund of pern.

Words near perning in the dictionary

  1. pernicketiness
  2. pernickety
  3. pernigraniline
  4. Pernik
  5. pernil
  6. perning
  7. pernio
  8. perniones
  9. pernios
  10. pernioses
  11. perniosis

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