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vassaling

vassaling is the present participle and gerund of vassal.

Meaning of vassal

Verb

vassal (third-person singular simple present vassals, present participle (US) vassaling or (UK) vassalling, simple past and past participle (US) vassaled or (UK) vassalled)

  1. (transitive) To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
  2. (transitive) To subordinate to someone or something.

See all 6 meanings of vassal

Questions about vassaling

What is vassaling the present participle and gerund of?
Vassaling is the present participle and gerund of vassal.

Words near vassaling in the dictionary

  1. vassaled
  2. vassaless
  3. vassalesses
  4. vassalhood
  5. vassalic
  6. vassaling
  7. vassalisation
  8. vassalise
  9. vassalised
  10. vassalism
  11. vassalitic

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