▪ I. triumphing, vbl. n.
(ˈtraɪəmfɪŋ)
[f. triumph v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb triumph.
| 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 255 There was great triumphyng and iustyng the space of .xv. dayes. 1623 in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1908) II. 240 In Goa ther hath bine great triumfinge and much rejoysinge att this newes. 1777 Brand Pop. Antiq. App. 402 The antient Hoc-tide, an Old Saxon Word, importing the Time of Scorning or Triumphing. c 1850 Neale Hymns East. Ch. (1866) 144 Thou..Hast made them [heaven and earth] one by..Thy triumphing. |
▪ II. ˈtriumphing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That triumphs, in various senses; triumphant.
| 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxxvi. 19 Tryumphand tempill of the Trinite. Ibid. lxxxvii. 9 O hye trivmphing peradiss of joy. 1563 Foxe A. & M. 1297/2 For y⊇ chief (as their triumphing card) he [Latimer] limited the hart. 1618 G. Strode Anat. Mortalitie 214 The blessed and triumphing Church in heauen. 1660 Charac. Italy 6 Her streets..did shine with triumphing Cæsars and Consuls in their trophæal Chariots. 1721 De Foe Mem. Cavalier ii. 293 With a triumphing Enemy at our Heels. 1868 Lynch Rivulet cxl. i, With adoring homage..And spirit triumphing. |
Hence ˈtriumphingly adv., triumphantly (now rare or Obs.).
| 1552 Lyndesay Monarche 3937 He rose..On the thrid day, tryumphandlye. 1645 Bp. Hall Remedy Discontent xvii. 97 The good soul..can triumphingly say, O Death, where is thy sting? 1680 C. Nesse Church Hist. 72 Free⁓grace..rides triumphingly over all the incapacities. |