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Depilating

Depilate \Dep"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depilating.] [L. depilatus, p. p. of depilare to depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair.] To strip of hair; to husk.
--Venner.

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depilating

vb. (present participle of depilate English)

Usage examples of "depilating".

He was an artist, who first softened your face with hot cloths, then covered it with emollient creams, smoothed it, freed it of every impurity, and finally covered the wrinkles with cosmetics, lightly treating the eyes with bistre, making the lips delicately rosy, depilating the ears, to say nothing of what he did to the chin and the head.

With growing nervousness, Grant smeared the depilating cream over every part of his body.

Since she didn't actually live with the Dedelphi, she'd been spared the necessity of depilating herself to keep her dander to a minimum.

I thought of depilating, but I had about twelve days on a beard and decided to let it go for a while.