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tempestuating

tempestuating is the present participle and gerund of tempestuate.

Meaning of tempestuate

Verb

tempestuate (third-person singular simple present tempestuates, present participle tempestuating, simple past and past participle tempestuated)

  1. (obsolete) To stir up; to make tempestuous.
    • In truth, as it is said in the second Psalm, God only " laughs " at their rage : that is, He winks, as it were, and leaves them to tempestuate, as though the matter did not at all belong to Him.1548 October 22, John Calvin, Letter to the Duke of Somerset

Questions about tempestuating

What is tempestuating the present participle and gerund of?
Tempestuating is the present participle and gerund of tempestuate.

Words near tempestuating in the dictionary

  1. tempests in teacups
  2. tempests in teapots
  3. tempestuate
  4. tempestuated
  5. tempestuates
  6. tempestuating
  7. tempestuosities
  8. tempestuosity
  9. tempestuous
  10. tempestuously
  11. tempestuousness

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