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unsparring

unsparring is the present participle and gerund of unspar.

Meaning of unspar

Verb

unspar (third-person singular simple present unspars, present participle unsparring, simple past and past participle unsparred)

  1. (transitive) To take the spars, stakes, bolts or bars from.
    • The lofty palisade unsparred1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald...

Questions about unsparring

What is unsparring the present participle and gerund of?
Unsparring is the present participle and gerund of unspar.

Words near unsparring in the dictionary

  1. unsparingly
  2. unsparingness
  3. unsparked
  4. unsparkling
  5. unsparred
  6. unsparring
  7. unsparrowlike
  8. unspars
  9. unsparse
  10. unsparsified
  11. unspat

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