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servanting

servanting is the present participle and gerund of servant.

Meaning of servant

Verb

servant (third-person singular simple present servants, present participle servanting, simple past and past participle servanted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To subject.
    • Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires
      Are Seruanted to others[…]c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about servanting

What is servanting the present participle and gerund of?
Servanting is the present participle and gerund of servant.

Words near servanting in the dictionary

  1. servanted
  2. servantess
  3. servantesses
  4. servanthood
  5. servanthoods
  6. servanting
  7. servantless
  8. servantlessness
  9. servantlike
  10. servantly
  11. servantry

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