discharge
verb (used with object)
to relieve of a charge or load; unload.
am discharging
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present progressiveof discharge (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Wherefore you must see, I am sure, that in bringing the matter officially under notice, I am discharging a most necessary though painful duty.”
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford
I am discharging some duty every waking hour, and I rarely retire till after twelve.
From The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
My duty to my God I am discharging now, although to you I may rather appear as an advocatus diaboli.
From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Rafael Sabatini
As I am discharging my duty here, you will necessarily come out at once.
From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
"I am discharging my obligations, and before night I'll call on the rector and give him a check."
From An Arkansas Planter by Opie Percival Read
