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retractating

retractating is the present participle and gerund of retractate.

Meaning of retractate

Verb

retractate (third-person singular simple present retractates, present participle retractating, simple past and past participle retractated)

  1. (obsolete) To retract; to recant.
    • St. Augustines authoritie you let slip denying him a fit Maister to follow, you say he might retractate this, but neither you doe nor can show that he did retractate it.1615, John Ainsworth (Prisoner in Newgate.), The Trying Out of the Truth, page 112

Questions about retractating

What is retractating the present participle and gerund of?
Retractating is the present participle and gerund of retractate.

Words near retractating in the dictionary

  1. retractables
  2. retractably
  3. retractate
  4. retractated
  5. retractates
  6. retractating
  7. retractation
  8. retractations
  9. retracted
  10. retracted tongue root
  11. retracted tongue roots

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