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upknitting

upknitting is the present participle and gerund of upknit.

Meaning of upknit

Verb

upknit (third-person singular simple present upknits, present participle upknitting, simple past and past participle upknitted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To knit together; to unite.
    • Commerce, the cardinal condition and prerogative of peace, would work on with its myriads of interweaving shuttles, overwebbing and upknitting the divisions, meshing the sinews, and quenching the animus of war […]1848, Elihu Burritt, Bond of Brotherhood, page 69

Questions about upknitting

What is upknitting the present participle and gerund of?
Upknitting is the present participle and gerund of upknit.

Words near upknitting in the dictionary

  1. upkindles
  2. upkindling
  3. upknit
  4. upknits
  5. upknitted
  6. upknitting
  7. UPL
  8. upla
  9. upladder
  10. uplaid
  11. upland

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