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proling

proling is the present participle and gerund of prole.

Meaning of prole

Verb

prole (third-person singular simple present proles, present participle proling, simple past and past participle proled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To prowl; to proll.
    • […] for he ordained, […] and that boyes and children ſhould have ſo little allowed them to eat, that they ſhould be forced to prole, and ſteal for their better proviſion, to make them thereby the more induſtrious, nimble, and quick of ſpirit, […]1652, Thomas Fitzherbert, chapter VIII, in A Treatise Concerning Policy and Religion, page 57

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Questions about proling

What is proling the present participle and gerund of?
Proling is the present participle and gerund of prole.

Words near proling in the dictionary

  1. prolinate
  2. prolinates
  3. proline
  4. prolineamide
  5. prolines
  6. proling
  7. prolinol
  8. prolintane
  9. prolipogenic
  10. prolipoprotein
  11. prolipoproteins

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