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spatiating

spatiating is the present participle and gerund of spatiate.

Meaning of spatiate

Verb

spatiate (third-person singular simple present spatiates, present participle spatiating, simple past and past participle spatiated)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To rove or ramble.
    • For astonishment , it is caused by the fixing of the mind upon one object of cogitation , whereby it doth not spatiate and transcur, as it useth ; for in wonder the spirits fly not , as in fear ; but only settle , and are made less apt to move1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...

Questions about spatiating

What is spatiating the present participle and gerund of?
Spatiating is the present participle and gerund of spatiate.

Words near spatiating in the dictionary

  1. spatializing
  2. spatially
  3. spatiate
  4. spatiated
  5. spatiates
  6. spatiating
  7. spating
  8. spatio-
  9. spatio-temporal
  10. spatiochromatic
  11. spatiocultural

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