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steeming

steeming is the present participle and gerund of steem.

Meaning of steem

Verb

steem (third-person singular simple present steems, present participle steeming, simple past and past participle steemed)

  1. (obsolete) To value, to esteem.
    • His life he steemed dearer than his friend […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about steeming

What is steeming the present participle and gerund of?
Steeming is the present participle and gerund of steem.

Words near steeming in the dictionary

  1. steelyard balances
  2. steelyards
  3. Steelys
  4. steem
  5. steemed
  6. steeming
  7. steems
  8. steen
  9. Steen's Bridge
  10. Steenbergen
  11. Steenbergens

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