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warishing

warishing is the present participle and gerund of warish.

Meaning of warish

Verb

warish (third-person singular simple present warishes, present participle warishing, simple past and past participle warished)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cure or heal (an illness or a person).
    • Varro testifieth, that even at this day there be some there who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To get better; to recover from an illness.

Questions about warishing

What is warishing the present participle and gerund of?
Warishing is the present participle and gerund of warish.

Words near warishing in the dictionary

  1. waringins
  2. Wario
  3. warish
  4. warished
  5. warishes
  6. warishing
  7. warism
  8. warisome
  9. warison
  10. warisons
  11. wark

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