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reverying

reverying is the present participle and gerund of reverie.

Meaning of reverie

Verb

reverie (third-person singular simple present reveries, present participle reverying, simple past and past participle reveried)

  1. (intransitive) To daydream.
    • By this time the mouth begins to feel uneasy—I pick another cheroot from Cotton’s last box, and walk up and down reverie-ing as before.1832 October, [John Gibson Lockhart], “Noctes Ambrosianae. No. LXIII.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume XXXII, number CC, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell, […], page 694

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Questions about reverying

What is reverying the present participle and gerund of?
Reverying is the present participle and gerund of reverie.

Words near reverying in the dictionary

  1. revertive
  2. revertively
  3. reverts
  4. reverts back
  5. revery
  6. reverying
  7. reves
  8. Revesby
  9. Revesby Heights
  10. revesiculation
  11. revest

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