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spicening

spicening is the present participle and gerund of spicen.

Meaning of spicen

Verb

spicen (third-person singular simple present spicens, present participle spicening, simple past and past participle spicened)

  1. (transitive) To make spicy, or to spice
    • In the evening it was different. Miss Reed attended a concert arranged for charity's sake by the guests. She attended it with Vernon, but that made no difference to Jim. The masterful “rusher ” gives his opponent opportunities occasionally, to keep him in good humor and to spicen the life and...1905, A Little Book of Rutgers Tales, page 119

Questions about spicening

What is spicening the present participle and gerund of?
Spicening is the present participle and gerund of spicen.

Words near spicening in the dictionary

  1. Spiceley
  2. Spiceleys
  3. spicelike
  4. spicen
  5. spicened
  6. spicening
  7. spicens
  8. spicenut
  9. spicenuts
  10. spicer
  11. spiceries

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