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wastening

wastening is the present participle and gerund of wasten.

Meaning of wasten

Verb

wasten (third-person singular simple present wastens, present participle wastening, simple past and past participle wastened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become waste (i.e. barren, dejected, dismal, feeble, or sickly) or wasted
    • It is our wisdom to master this wastening incredulity: to overcome unbelief, by faith; and so the more easily this present world; making light of its permitted trials, and sitting loose to its possessions.1865, John Stock (Vicar of Finchingfield, Essex.), An Exposition of the First Epistle General of St. John.
    Synonyms:
    weaken, wane

Questions about wastening

What is wastening the present participle and gerund of?
Wastening is the present participle and gerund of wasten.

Words near wastening in the dictionary

  1. wasten
  2. wastened
  3. wasteness
  4. wastenesses
  5. Wasteneys
  6. wastening
  7. wastens
  8. wasteoid
  9. wasteoids
  10. wastepaper
  11. wastepaper basket

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