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subministering

subministering is the present participle and gerund of subminister.

Meaning of subminister

Verb

subminister (third-person singular simple present subministers, present participle subministering, simple past and past participle subministered)

  1. (archaic) to supply; to administer
    • subminister the principal and predominant Matter for those great and vaſt Luminariesa. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...
  2. (archaic) to be subservient (to)
    • Our passions […] subminister to the best and worst purposes.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

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Questions about subministering

What is subministering the present participle and gerund of?
Subministering is the present participle and gerund of subminister.

Words near subministering in the dictionary

  1. subminimums
  2. subminis
  3. subminister
  4. subministered
  5. subministerial
  6. subministering
  7. subministers
  8. subministrant
  9. subministrate
  10. subministrated
  11. subministrates

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