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specting

specting is the present participle and gerund of spect.

Meaning of spect

Verb

spect (third-person singular simple present spects, present participle specting, simple past and past participle spected)

  1. (colloquial) Aphetic form of expect.
    • "I's growing so big now, mamma," said she, coaxingly, "don't you spect I must have some tea?"1871, Sophie May, Dotty Dimple's Flyaway

Questions about specting

What is specting the present participle and gerund of?
Specting is the present participle and gerund of spect.

Words near specting in the dictionary

  1. specterlike
  2. specters
  3. specters at the feast
  4. spectinamide
  5. spectinamides
  6. specting
  7. spectinomycin
  8. spectinomycins
  9. spectioneer
  10. spectioneers
  11. Spector

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