"lawyering" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lawyerings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lawyering (countable and uncountable, plural lawyerings)
  1. The practicing of law as a profession; being a lawyer. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lawyering-en-noun-hfVvDYPD

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lawyering
  1. present participle and gerund of lawyer Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: lawyer
    Sense id: en-lawyering-en-verb-cExbafKu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

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