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properating

properating is the present participle and gerund of properate.

Meaning of properate

Verb

properate (third-person singular simple present properates, present participle properating, simple past and past participle properated)

  1. (obsolete) To hasten or press forward.
    • For Vomiting so properates and crowds the Juices, that they rush and stagnate in more confused Bodies, which is the principle of Apoplexies, and the frequent Fate of Plethoricks.1725, James Sedgwick, A New Treatise on Liquors

Questions about properating

What is properating the present participle and gerund of?
Properating is the present participle and gerund of properate.

Words near properating in the dictionary

  1. proper vectors
  2. properad
  3. properadic
  4. properads
  5. properate
  6. properating
  7. properation
  8. properdin
  9. properer
  10. properest
  11. properidine

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