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vagitating

vagitating is the present participle and gerund of vagitate.

Meaning of vagitate

Verb (1)

vagitate (third-person singular simple present vagitates, present participle vagitating, simple past and past participle vagitated)

  1. (rare) To wander or move at random.
    • Even with the emergence of the ideas of self-assertion among the Asians, the Imperialists are not only trying to dominate the region through the system of remote control, but are also vagitating around to get a chance again to enter the ground and graze wantonly.1987, Buddhist Studies, volumes 11–12, Delhi: University of Delhi, →ISSN, →OCLC, page iv

Verb (2)

vagitate (third-person singular simple present vagitates, present participle vagitating, simple past and past participle vagitated)

  1. To wail, mewl (as an infant).
    • Et le râle, qu'est-ce qu'on en fait. Peut-être n'est-il pas de rigueur après tout. Avoir vagi, puis ne pas être foutu de râler.1956 [1951], Samuel Beckett, translated by Samuel Beckett, Malone Dies, translation of Malone meurt (in French)

Questions about vagitating

What is vagitating the present participle and gerund of?
Vagitating is the present participle and gerund of vagitate.

Words near vagitating in the dictionary

  1. vagitarianism
  2. vagitarians
  3. vagitate
  4. vagitated
  5. vagitates
  6. vagitating
  7. vagitus
  8. vagitus uterinus
  9. vago-
  10. vagoaccessory
  11. vagoglossopharyngeal

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