pleasuring, vbl. n.
(ˈplɛʒərɪŋ)
[See -ing1.]
The action of the vb. pleasure.
1. The giving of pleasure; pleasing, delectation.
| 1575 Churchyard Chippes (1817) 34 [To write] for passing of the time, and pleasuring of his friends. 1897 Gunter Ballyho Bey iii. 41 She is a sybarite in the pleasuring of her senses. |
2. The taking of pleasure; pleasure-seeking; going on a pleasure excursion; taking a holiday.
| 1598 Marston Pygmal. xxxvi. 133 When all things fit for loues sweet pleasuring Inuited him to reape a Louers blisse. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. xlii. 275 A little trim vessel, which shall sail a pleasuring backward and forward to Portsmouth. 1825 Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Superann. Man, Expressing the hollowness of a day's pleasuring. 1869 Miss Mulock Woman's Kingd. III. 218 Who refused, year after year, to take her autumn pleasuring..because her husband would only have to work the harder for it. |
3. attrib., designating things designed for, used for, or devoted to pleasure.
| 1869 Daily News 16 July, Nor is this practice..confined to pleasuring vans. 1872 U.S. Statutes XVII. 32 A public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 3/2 A pleasuring tour to some distant part of the States. |