Mouldering

adj, verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of moulder form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That moulders; decaying not-comparable

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decomposemouldaccommodateaccommodate withaccordacres

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"The wood was kindled, the flames arose, and a mouldering heap of ashes was soon all that remained of Mrs Askew and her fellow martyrs."

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