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tempesting

tempesting is the present participle and gerund of tempest.

Meaning of tempest

Verb

tempest (third-person singular simple present tempests, present participle tempesting, simple past and past participle tempested)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To storm.
  2. (poetic, transitive) To disturb, as by a tempest.
    • . . . the seal
      And bended dolphins play; part huge of bulk,
      Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,
      Tempest the ocean.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Questions about tempesting

What is tempesting the present participle and gerund of?
Tempesting is the present participle and gerund of tempest.

Words near tempesting in the dictionary

  1. tempestarii
  2. tempestarius
  3. Tempestas
  4. tempested
  5. tempestful
  6. tempesting
  7. tempestite
  8. tempestites
  9. tempestive
  10. tempestively
  11. tempestivities

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