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syphilizing

syphilizing is the present participle and gerund of syphilize.

Meaning of syphilize

Verb

syphilize (third-person singular simple present syphilizes, present participle syphilizing, simple past and past participle syphilized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To inoculate, or infect with syphilis.

Questions about syphilizing

What is syphilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Syphilizing is the present participle and gerund of syphilize.

Words near syphilizing in the dictionary

  1. syphilization
  2. syphilizations
  3. syphilize
  4. syphilized
  5. syphilizes
  6. syphilizing
  7. syphillis
  8. syphilo-
  9. syphiloderm
  10. syphiloderms
  11. syphilographer

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