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talismanning

talismanning is the present participle and gerund of talisman.

Meaning of talisman

Verb

talisman (third-person singular simple present talismans, present participle talismaning or talismanning, simple past and past participle talismaned or talismanned)

  1. (transitive) To adorn with a talisman.
    • The second in his saddle reeled, / Down thundered man and horse;— / Oft I essayed with blow and thrust, / As oft a foeman rolled in dust; / But, ah, what could a single arm, / Though talismaned by beauty’s charm, / Against a host?—for love—for life— / I waged awhile the desperate strife; / ’T was...1832, D. M. Ferguson, “Legend”, in Evan Bane; A Highland Legend: and Other Poems, London: […] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, section “Spirit of the Cloud”, page 54

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Questions about talismanning

What is talismanning the present participle and gerund of?
Talismanning is the present participle and gerund of talisman.

Words near talismanning in the dictionary

  1. talismanics
  2. talismaning
  3. talismanist
  4. talismanists
  5. talismanned
  6. talismanning
  7. talismans
  8. talismen
  9. taliswoman
  10. taliswomen
  11. talith

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Adapted from Wiktionary: talismanning (page history and authors); talisman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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