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1. asking(e ger.

Additional spellings: askinge
51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Questioning, inquiry; question; asken, maken asking; (b) querying; (c) gram. noun of asking, an interrogative.

2. dēclīning(e ger.

Additional spellings: declininge
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Gram. an inflectional ending of a verb, inflectional morpheme; (b) med. 'stage in course of sickness when recovery gradually begins; one of four stages (beginning, augmentation, state…

3. governing(e ger.

Additional spellings: governinge
33 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The ruling of a country, people, etc.; government, rule; haven in governing, to have (a country, etc.) under (one's) rule; (b) command of a naval force; (c) administrative regulation; management.

4. joining(e ger.(1)

Additional spellings: joininge
37 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The action or process of fastening together; also fig.; (b) sticking together; sticking (to sth.); (c) copulation; (d) a hostile encounter, fight; (e) building or making by fastening parts…

5. setting(e ger.

Additional spellings: settinge
125 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) The act of placing something in a place or position; setting led, the act of laying a lead roof; setting of fet, fig. steadfastness, stability; (b) the act or process of laying stone; setting

6. turning(e ger.

Additional spellings: turninge
116 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) Movement about an axis or central point, rotation, revolution; also, a whirling about; also, the circular passage of time; an annular cycle; turning abouten; turning up and doun; (b) in cpds. and…