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respuing

respuing is the present participle and gerund of respue.

Meaning of respue

Verb

respue (third-person singular simple present respues, present participle respuing, simple past and past participle respued)

  1. (formal, obsolete, rare, transitive) To reject.
    • […] teaching him to respue this effeminate style of versification.1824, Spirit of the English Magazines, page 362

Questions about respuing

What is respuing the present participle and gerund of?
Respuing is the present participle and gerund of respue.

Words near respuing in the dictionary

  1. respuates
  2. respuating
  3. respue
  4. respued
  5. respues
  6. respuing
  7. respule
  8. respules
  9. respun
  10. resputter
  11. resputtered

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