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postillating

postillating is the present participle and gerund of postillate.

Meaning of postillate

Verb

postillate (third-person singular simple present postillates, present participle postillating, simple past and past participle postillated)

  1. To write (postils or similar); to comment.
    • the collection of newspapers and tracts of the period, which belonged to George III , and in a few instances are postillated by his own hand1836, Charles Macfarlane, The Book of Table Talk
    Synonyms:
    postil
  2. (archaic) To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.

Questions about postillating

What is postillating the present participle and gerund of?
Postillating is the present participle and gerund of postillate.

Words near postillating in the dictionary

  1. postilla
  2. postillas
  3. postillate
  4. postillated
  5. postillates
  6. postillating
  7. postillation
  8. postillations
  9. postillator
  10. postillators
  11. postilled

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