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retraiting

retraiting is the present participle and gerund of retrait.

Meaning of retrait

Noun

retrait (plural retraits)

  1. (obsolete) A picture or other visual representation.
    • She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about retraiting

What is retraiting the present participle and gerund of?
Retraiting is the present participle and gerund of retrait.

Words near retraiting in the dictionary

  1. retrains
  2. retrait
  3. retraite
  4. retraited
  5. retraites
  6. retraiting
  7. retraits
  8. retral
  9. retrally
  10. retramp
  11. retramped

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