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preporting

preporting is the present participle and gerund of preport.

Meaning of preport

Verb

preport (third-person singular simple present preports, present participle preporting, simple past and past participle preported)

  1. To presage; forebode.
    • Pyraustæ gaúdes gaudium: your inconstant joy preports annoy.1891, “preport, v.”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4697...

Questions about preporting

What is preporting the present participle and gerund of?
Preporting is the present participle and gerund of preport.

Words near preporting in the dictionary

  1. prepopulist
  2. prepore
  3. prepores
  4. preport
  5. preported
  6. preporting
  7. preportion
  8. preportioned
  9. preportioning
  10. preportions
  11. preports

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