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vestigating

vestigating is the present participle and gerund of vestigate.

Meaning of vestigate

Verb

vestigate (third-person singular simple present vestigates, present participle vestigating, simple past and past participle vestigated)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) To investigate.
    • This attempt to vestigate these causes […] will not, perhaps, be deemed an unnecessary digression.1813, George Gleig, The historical works of William Robertson, page 274

Questions about vestigating

What is vestigating the present participle and gerund of?
Vestigating is the present participle and gerund of vestigate.

Words near vestigating in the dictionary

  1. vestibulovegetative
  2. vestibulum
  3. vestigate
  4. vestigated
  5. vestigates
  6. vestigating
  7. vestige
  8. vestiges
  9. vestigia
  10. vestigial
  11. vestigial structure

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