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rampiring

rampiring is the present participle and gerund of rampire.

Meaning of rampire

Verb

rampire (third-person singular simple present rampires, present participle rampiring, simple past and past participle rampired)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To fortify with a rampart; to form into a rampart.
    • Expect ye more walls at your backs? towns rampir'd here are none[1611?], Homer, “Book XV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...

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What is rampiring the present participle and gerund of?
Rampiring is the present participle and gerund of rampire.

Words near rampiring in the dictionary

  1. rampion
  2. rampions
  3. rampire
  4. rampired
  5. rampires
  6. rampiring
  7. Rampisham
  8. rampless
  9. Rampley
  10. Rampleys
  11. ramplike

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