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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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50,475 words match “ING”

An embrace; dalliance. [Obs.] Halliwell.

With embraces. [Obs.] Gascoigne.

Having, or pertaining to, the same language.

COLORING n. 2 definitions

The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

COMBING n. 4 definitions

The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.

COMING a. 6 definitions

Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition. Welcome the coming, speed the parting, guest. Pope. Your coming days and years. Byron.

COMMANDING a. 3 definitions

Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.

COMMANDINGLY adv.

In a commanding manner.

To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend. Bacon.

One that commingles; specif., a device for noiseless heating of water by steam, in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles.

Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.

To compress; to shut up. [Obs.] Burton.

COMPOSING a. 2 definitions

Tending to compose or soothe.

CONCERNING prep. 6 definitions

Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards. I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21. The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29.

CONCLUDINGLY adv.

Conclusively. [R.] Digby.

Agreeing. Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which correspondends with another in all its parts.

CONDESCENDINGLY adv.

In a condescending manner. Atterbury.

That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. -- Con*fid"ing*ly, adv. -- Con*fid"ing*ness, n.

CONFIRMINGLY adv.

In a confirming manner.

Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing.