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violing

violing is the present participle and gerund of viol.

Meaning of viol

Verb

viol (third-person singular simple present viols, present participle (US) violing or (UK) violling, simple past and past participle (US) violed or (UK) violled)

  1. To play the viol.
    • “Keep your gold for those who lack it, mistress,” said Henry, “and do not offer to honest hands the money that is won by violing, and tabouring, and toetripping, and perhaps worse pastimes.1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and...

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Questions about violing

What is violing the present participle and gerund of?
Violing is the present participle and gerund of viol.

Words near violing in the dictionary

  1. violincellos
  2. violine
  3. violined
  4. violinette
  5. violinettes
  6. violing
  7. violinic
  8. violining
  9. violinist
  10. violinist analogy
  11. violinist argument

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Adapted from Wiktionary: violing (page history and authors); viol (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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