decaying

Etymology

decay + -ing

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of decay

noun

  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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