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retruding

retruding is the present participle and gerund of retrude.

Meaning of retrude

Verb

retrude (third-person singular simple present retrudes, present participle retruding, simple past and past participle retruded)

  1. To thrust back.
    • our Tincture of Philosophers is both included, and retruded1670, The Golden Calf, translation of original by Johann Friedrich Schweitzer

Questions about retruding

What is retruding the present participle and gerund of?
Retruding is the present participle and gerund of retrude.

Words near retruding in the dictionary

  1. retrozygomatic
  2. retrozyme
  3. retrozymes
  4. retrude
  5. retruded
  6. retruding
  7. retrue
  8. retrued
  9. retrueing
  10. retrues
  11. retruing

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