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remming out

remming out is the present participle and gerund of rem out.

Meaning of rem out

Verb

rem out (third-person singular simple present rems out, present participle remming out, simple past and past participle remmed out)

  1. (dated, transitive) To temporarily disable (a portion of source code) by converting it into a comment.
    • When Windows 98 is installed, it will "REM out" the MSCDEX statement, if there is one, since Windows has its own driver and doesn't need this one.1998, Ralf Kober, Franck Buechel, Markus Baecker, Win 98 RX: Solve Your Own Windows 98 Computing Problems Easily, page 205
    Synonyms:
    comment out

Questions about remming out

What is remming out the present participle and gerund of?
Remming out is the present participle and gerund of rem out.

Words near remming out in the dictionary

  1. Remmels
  2. Remmers
  3. Remmerses
  4. Remmert
  5. Remmerts
  6. remming out
  7. remnant
  8. remnantal
  9. remnants
  10. remnaunt
  11. remnaunts

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