释义 |
gain-giving, vbl. n. [f. gain- prefix 2 + giving vbl. n.] †1. A giving in return, making return. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce i. 115 He ȝe..consideryt his vsage That gryppyt ay, but gayne-gevyng. 2. A misgiving. Obs. exc. arch.
1602Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 226 It is but foolery; but it is such a kinde of gain-giuing as would perhaps trouble a woman. 1887S. Coleridge Demetrius 11 There crept over the mother's heart a gaingiving undefined but strong and deep. |