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bathing

Today it means: The act of taking a bath. Full definition →

Middle English bathynge

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bathing · noun, verb¹

Middle English · inherited frombathynge
English todaybathing

From Middle English bathynge; equivalent to bathe + -ing.

bathing · verb²

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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