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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

decaying en · NOUN

Etymology

From decay + -ing.

Meanings

  1. The process of undergoing decay.
    • Spiritual witherings and decayings are opposite to the word of God. 1839, William Jenkyn, James Sherman, An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude, page 274:

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decaying en · VERB

Etymology

From decay + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of decay
    form of decay