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scomfiting

scomfiting is the present participle and gerund of scomfit.

Meaning of scomfit

Verb

scomfit (third-person singular simple present scomfits, present participle scomfiting, simple past and past participle scomfit or scomfited)

  1. (obsolete) To defeat, vanquish.
    • For now here was one knyȝt scomfyte x knyghtes1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV

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Questions about scomfiting

What is scomfiting the present participle and gerund of?
Scomfiting is the present participle and gerund of scomfit.

Words near scomfiting in the dictionary

  1. scomfish
  2. scomfished
  3. scomfishes
  4. scomfishing
  5. scomfit
  6. scomfiting
  7. scomfits
  8. scomm
  9. scomms
  10. ScoMo
  11. scon

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