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replevying

replevying is the present participle and gerund of replevy.

Meaning of replevy

Verb

replevy (third-person singular simple present replevies, present participle replevying, simple past and past participle replevied)

  1. To return goods to their rightful owner by replevin; to recover goods.
  2. (UK, obsolete) To bail.
    • I humbly crave your Majestie / It to replevie , and my Sonne reprive1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about replevying

What is replevying the present participle and gerund of?
Replevying is the present participle and gerund of replevy.

Words near replevying in the dictionary

  1. replevins
  2. replevisable
  3. replevisor
  4. replevisors
  5. replevy
  6. replevying
  7. repliant
  8. repliants
  9. replica
  10. replicabilities
  11. replicability

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