burnishing

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burnishing

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of burnish

noun burnishings

A polishing. Like those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number of retellings, each more detailed than the last, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass any historian's test.

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Français	brunissage

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@misc{burnishing_2026,
  title = {burnishing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/burnishing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}