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abashing, vbl. n. (əˈbæʃɪŋ) Also 4 abasshyng; and in Northern writers, 5– abaysing, abaisyng, abasing; not to be confounded with abasing. [f. abash v. + -ing1.] The act of confounding, or putting to dismay; the state of confusion, dismay, or astonishment; abashment. Now mostly gerundial.c 1374 Chauc...
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enbaissing
† enˈbaissing, vbl. n. Obs. In 4 enbaissynge, enbasshinge. [corrupt var. of abaissing, abashing.] Abashment, dismay.c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. iv. i. 109 A grete meruayle and an enbaissynge [v.r. enbasshinge] wiþouten ende [L. infiniti stuporis].
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astonying
† aˈstonying, vbl. n. Obs. [f. prec. + -ing1.] = astonishing, astonishment; see their senses.1388 Wyclif Amos iv. 6 Y gaf to ȝou astonying [1382 eggyng] of teeth in all ȝoure cities. 1576 Baker Gesner's Jewel Health 131 a, The person troubled with ..the astonying of partes. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr....
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abasing
▪ I. abasing, vbl. n. (əˈbeɪsɪŋ) [f. abase v. + -ing1.] The action of lowering or depressing, a. physically. b. in mind or feeling. c. of debasing or depreciating the currency (obs.). Now mostly gerundial.1555 Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 298 The inestimable loss it [England] suffered by the ...
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stonish
▪ I. † ˈstonish, a. Obs. [f. stone n. + -ish1.] Resembling, or having the character of, stone; stony. (Chiefly fig.)c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 158 Harde and stonysshe ware y{supt} hert. 1530 Palsgr. 302 Pierreux, stony or stonysshe. 1551 Robinson tr. More's Utopia ii. (1895) 206 Is there annye...
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plebeian
plebeian, n. and a. (pliːˈbiː(ɪ)ən, plɪˈbiːən) Forms: 6 Sc. plebeane, 6–7 -eyan, 6–9 -ian, 7 -ean, 6– -eian. [f. L. plēbēi-us belonging to the plebs + -an; cf. F. plébéien (14th c.) By Shakespeare sometimes stressed ˈplebean.] A. n. a. A member of the Plebs of ancient Rome; a Roman commoner, as oppo...
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amazing
▪ I. amazing, vbl. n. (əˈmeɪzɪŋ) [f. amaze v. + -ing1.] The action of causing amazement. (Now only gerundial.)1530 Palsgr. 194/1 Amasynge, stupefaction. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong., Effray, or effroy, feare, astonying, abashing, amasing. 1597 T. Morley Introd. Mus. 156 To the amasing of the youn...
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