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tenanting

tenanting is the present participle and gerund of tenant.

Meaning of tenant

Verb

tenant (third-person singular simple present tenants, present participle tenanting, simple past and past participle tenanted)

  1. To hold as, or be, a tenant.
    Synonyms:
    lodge
  2. (transitive) To inhabit.
    • His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...

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Questions about tenanting

What is tenanting the present participle and gerund of?
Tenanting is the present participle and gerund of tenant.

Words near tenanting in the dictionary

  1. tenant-in-chief
  2. tenant-right
  3. tenantable
  4. tenantableness
  5. tenanted
  6. tenanting
  7. tenantism
  8. tenantless
  9. tenantlessness
  10. tenantlike
  11. tenantries

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