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rivelling

rivelling is the present participle and gerund of rivel.

Meaning of rivel

Verb

rivel (third-person singular simple present rivels, present participle (US) riveling or (UK) rivelling, simple past and past participle (US) riveled or (UK) rivelled)

  1. (intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
  2. (transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
    • they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […], New York Review of Books, 2001, p.279

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Questions about rivelling

What is rivelling the present participle and gerund of?
Rivelling is the present participle and gerund of rivel.

Words near rivelling in the dictionary

  1. rivel
  2. Rivelin
  3. riveling
  4. rivelings
  5. rivelled
  6. rivelling
  7. rivels
  8. riven
  9. Rivenbark
  10. Rivenbarks
  11. Rivenburg

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