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profligating

profligating is the present participle and gerund of profligate.

Meaning of profligate

Verb

profligate (third-person singular simple present profligates, present participle profligating, simple past and past participle profligated)

  1. (obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.
    • Such a stipulation would remove one powerful temptation to profligate pennyless seducers, of whom there are too many prowling in the higher circles ;1840, Alexander Walker, Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce, page 157

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Questions about profligating

What is profligating the present participle and gerund of?
Profligating is the present participle and gerund of profligate.

Words near profligating in the dictionary

  1. profligate
  2. profligated
  3. profligately
  4. profligateness
  5. profligates
  6. profligating
  7. profligation
  8. profligations
  9. profligatory
  10. profluence
  11. profluent

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