tenanting
SayTEN-uhn-ting/ˈtɛ.nənt.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of tenant.
The couple tenanting the farmhouse have lived there for nearly a decade.
Tenanting older buildings often means putting up with drafty windows and weak heating.
Note
The -ing form does double duty. As a participle (the couple tenanting the farmhouse), it takes a direct object with no preposition, because the verb can be transitive in its "inhabit" meaning. As a gerund it names the activity itself and can stand as a subject: tenanting older buildings. Keep it apart from tenancy: the lease is a tenancy, and tenanting is the act of occupying.
tenanting is a form of tenant
tenant, verb: To live in or occupy a place as a dwelling. Full entry
- Spelling
- tenant → tenanting: add -ing
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