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1.
living(e
ppl. adj.
Additional spellings:
livinge
148 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Living, alive;
living his fader
, his father being alive, while his father lived;
living the seid lord
, the said lord being alive, if the said lord is living;
living regioun
, ?the part of the body…
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2.
passing(e
ppl. adj.
Additional spellings:
passinge
94 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Going by, passing, traveling; (b) permeating, penetrating; also
fig.
; (c)
her.
passant.
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3.
dūring
ppl. adj.
16 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Continuing, lasting, remaining;
ever during, long during
; (b) long-lasting, not transitory, enduring; (c) of fruit: keeping well; (d) persisting, having endurance; persistent.
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4.
lasting(e
ppl. adj.
Additional spellings:
lastinge
53 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Continuing, continual, lasting;
ai (o, endelesli, evermore, withouten ende) lasting, lasting ai (evermo, withouten ende)
, eternal, everlasting, perpetual; (b) surviving; of wine: able to be…
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līking(e
ppl. adj.
Additional spellings:
likinge
66 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Pleasing, pleasant, delicious, beautiful;
lesinges liking
, lies intended to flatter or amuse; (b) auspicious, propitious, favorable, fortunate; also, suitable; (c) sexually stimulating;
liking
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