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untenting

untenting is the present participle and gerund of untent.

Meaning of untent

Verb

untent (third-person singular simple present untents, present participle untenting, simple past and past participle untented)

  1. (transitive) To bring out of a tent.
    • Why, will he not, upon our fair request,
      Untent his person, and share the air with us?c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about untenting

What is untenting the present participle and gerund of?
Untenting is the present participle and gerund of untent.

Words near untenting in the dictionary

  1. untensioned
  2. untent
  3. untentacled
  4. untented
  5. untentered
  6. untenting
  7. untents
  8. untenty
  9. untenuous
  10. untenured
  11. unterfirer

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