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septimating

septimating is the present participle and gerund of septimate.

Meaning of septimate

Verb

septimate (third-person singular simple present septimates, present participle septimating, simple past and past participle septimated)

  1. (transitive) Submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh.
    • We may ſay, without the leaſt hyperbole, nature ſeptimates; art centeſimates us.1755, The Monthly Review, or, Literary Journal, XIII, page 141

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Questions about septimating

What is septimating the present participle and gerund of?
Septimating is the present participle and gerund of septimate.

Words near septimating in the dictionary

  1. septimanal
  2. Septimania
  3. septimate
  4. septimated
  5. septimates
  6. septimating
  7. septimation
  8. septimations
  9. septime
  10. septimic
  11. septimics

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