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persing

persing is the present participle and gerund of perse.

Meaning of perse

Noun

perse (countable and uncountable, plural perses)

  1. A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
  2. A cloth of this colour.

See all 5 meanings of perse

Proper noun capitalized: Persing

Persing (plural Persings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of persing

pluralPersings

Questions about persing

What does persing mean?
Persing means a surname.
What is persing the present participle and gerund of?
Persing is the present participle and gerund of perse.
What part of speech is persing?
Persing is a proper noun.

Words near persing in the dictionary

  1. persimmon-plums
  2. persimmons
  3. persimon
  4. persimons
  5. persin
  6. persing
  7. Persinger
  8. Persingers
  9. Persings
  10. persipan
  11. persipans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: persing (page history and authors); Persing (page history and authors); perse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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