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rankening

rankening is the present participle and gerund of ranken.

Meaning of ranken

Verb

ranken (third-person singular simple present rankens, present participle rankening, simple past and past participle rankened)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become rank
    • In a word, it is good for nothing but to despatch men out of the world that are burdensome, and to ranken churchyards.1868, John Mockett Cramp, Baptist History, page 299

Questions about rankening

What is rankening the present participle and gerund of?
Rankening is the present participle and gerund of ranken.

Words near rankening in the dictionary

  1. ranked voting
  2. rankee
  3. rankees
  4. ranken
  5. rankened
  6. rankening
  7. rankens
  8. ranker
  9. rankers
  10. rankes
  11. rankest

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