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respuating

respuating is the present participle and gerund of respuate.

Meaning of respuate

Verb

respuate (third-person singular simple present respuates, present participle respuating, simple past and past participle respuated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To refuse or reject.
    • […] for, although, I be quinquagenarius, or fifty years of age, yet what Virgin in Florence will respuat me when I abound in riches, […]1663, William Clark (advocate), “Scaena Septima”, in William H. Logan, editor, Marciano; or, the Discovery. A Tragi-Comedy., Edinburgh: Reprinted for Private Circulation, published 1871, page 38

Questions about respuating

What is respuating the present participle and gerund of?
Respuating is the present participle and gerund of respuate.

Words near respuating in the dictionary

  1. resprung
  2. resps
  3. respuate
  4. respuated
  5. respuates
  6. respuating
  7. respue
  8. respued
  9. respues
  10. respuing
  11. respule

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