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sistering

sistering adjective: contiguous. Also the present participle and gerund of sister.

Adjective

sistering (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Contiguous.
    • A plaintfull ſtory from a ſiſtring vale1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC

Also used as

sistering is also the present participle and gerund of sister.

Questions about sistering

What does sistering mean?
Sistering means contiguous.
What part of speech is sistering?
Sistering is an adjective.

Words near sistering in the dictionary

  1. sisterfucks
  2. sistergirl
  3. sistergirls
  4. sisterhood
  5. sisterhoods
  6. sistering
  7. sisterji
  8. sisterjis
  9. sisterkin
  10. sisterkins
  11. sisterless

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