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preambling

preambling is the present participle and gerund of preamble.

Meaning of preamble

Verb

preamble (third-person singular simple present preambles, present participle preambling, simple past and past participle preambled)

  1. (intransitive) To speak or write a preamble; to provide a preliminary statement or set of remarks.
    • But these things being beside my main design, I will desist from preambling and come to the materials I have collected towards a history of the Baptists in this province.1867, Simeon Thayer, Edwin Martin Stone, The Invasion of Canada in 1775: Including the Journal of Captain Simeon Chaper, pages 312–313

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Questions about preambling

What is preambling the present participle and gerund of?
Preambling is the present participle and gerund of preamble.

Words near preambling in the dictionary

  1. preambivalent
  2. preambivalently
  3. preamble
  4. preambled
  5. preambles
  6. preambling
  7. preambular
  8. preambulary
  9. preambulate
  10. preambulated
  11. preambulates

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