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recurvating

recurvating is the present participle and gerund of recurvate.

Meaning of recurvate

Verb

recurvate (third-person singular simple present recurvates, present participle recurvating, simple past and past participle recurvated)

  1. To bend or curve back; to recurve.
    • With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line1784, Thomas Pennant, Arctic Zoology

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Questions about recurvating

What is recurvating the present participle and gerund of?
Recurvating is the present participle and gerund of recurvate.

Words near recurvating in the dictionary

  1. recurtains
  2. recurvant
  3. recurvate
  4. recurvated
  5. recurvates
  6. recurvating
  7. recurvation
  8. recurvations
  9. recurvature
  10. recurvatures
  11. recurve

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