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prolating

prolating is the present participle and gerund of prolate.

Meaning of prolate

Verb

prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
    • Prolate it right.1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify...

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Questions about prolating

What is prolating the present participle and gerund of?
Prolating is the present participle and gerund of prolate.

Words near prolating in the dictionary

  1. prolateness
  2. prolateral
  3. prolaterally
  4. prolates
  5. prolaticity
  6. prolating
  7. prolation
  8. prolations
  9. prolative
  10. prolative case
  11. prolative cases

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