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refringing

refringing is the present participle and gerund of refringe.

Meaning of refringe

Verb

refringe (third-person singular simple present refringes, present participle refringing, simple past and past participle refringed)

  1. (transitive) To infringe.
  2. (transitive) To refract.

Questions about refringing

What is refringing the present participle and gerund of?
Refringing is the present participle and gerund of refringe.

Words near refringing in the dictionary

  1. refringences
  2. refringencies
  3. refringency
  4. refringent
  5. refringes
  6. refringing
  7. refront
  8. refronted
  9. refronting
  10. refronts
  11. refroze

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refringing (page history and authors); refringe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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