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titivating

titivating is the present participle and gerund of titivate.

Meaning of titivate

Verb

titivate (third-person singular simple present titivates, present participle titivating, simple past and past participle titivated)

  1. (transitive) To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.
    • Had she spent the best part of a day in titivating herself in order that she might sit plunged in darkness, with nothing but her feet and her nose revealed?1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast

Questions about titivating

What is titivating the present participle and gerund of?
Titivating is the present participle and gerund of titivate.

Words near titivating in the dictionary

  1. Titisee
  2. Titius-Bode law
  3. titivate
  4. titivated
  5. titivates
  6. titivating
  7. titivation
  8. titivations
  9. titivator
  10. titivators
  11. titivil

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