Brending

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of burning; burning. dialectal, obsolete, uncountable

    "From the building to the brending."

Example

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"From the building to the brending."

Etymology

From Middle English brenning, brinninge, equivalent to bren (“to set on fire”) + -ing. Probably influenced in form by the past participle brend, brent (“burnt”), or from brand.

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