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wording it

wording it is the present participle of word it.

Meaning of word it

Verb

word it (third-person singular simple present words it, present participle wording it, simple past and past participle worded it)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To bandy words; to dispute; to speak excessively or angrily.
    • to word it with her [a shrew]1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

Questions about wording it

What is wording it the present participle of?
Wording it is the present participle of word it.

Words near wording it in the dictionary

  1. wordify
  2. wordily
  3. wordiness
  4. wordinesses
  5. wording
  6. wording it
  7. wording up
  8. wordings
  9. wordinitial
  10. wordish
  11. wordishly

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