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tumulating

tumulating is the present participle and gerund of tumulate.

Meaning of tumulate

Verb

tumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To swell.
    • But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion
  2. (transitive) To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.

Questions about tumulating

What is tumulating the present participle and gerund of?
Tumulating is the present participle and gerund of tumulate.

Words near tumulating in the dictionary

  1. tumular
  2. tumulary
  3. tumulate
  4. tumulated
  5. tumulates
  6. tumulating
  7. tumulation
  8. tumulations
  9. tumuli
  10. tumulose
  11. tumulosities

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