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presencing

presencing is the present participle and gerund of presence.

Meaning of presence

Verb

presence (third-person singular simple present presences, present participle presencing, simple past and past participle presenced)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become present.
    • Presence means: the constant abiding that approaches man, reaches him, is extended to him. But what is this source of this extending reach to which the present belongs as presencing, insofar as there is presence? True, man always remains approached by the presencing of something actually present...1972, Joan Stambaugh, Time and being (lecture), translation of original by Martin Heidegger, page 13

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Questions about presencing

What is presencing the present participle and gerund of?
Presencing is the present participle and gerund of presence.

Words near presencing in the dictionary

  1. presence room
  2. presence rooms
  3. presenced
  4. presenceless
  5. presences
  6. presencing
  7. presend
  8. presenescent
  9. presenile
  10. presenilin
  11. presenilinase

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