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▪ I. describing, vbl. n.|dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ| [f. describe v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. describe; description.
1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 120 By the makinge and describyng of this onely Mappe. 1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 22 Their passionate describing of passions. 1817Cobbett Taking Leave 9 Greater powers of describing. ▪ II. deˈscribing, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That describes; descriptive.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 29 The right describing note to know a Poet by. 1599Thynne Animadv. (1865) 66 This describinge definitione. |