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▪ I. recovering, vbl. n.1|rɪˈkʌvərɪŋ|
[f. recover v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. in various senses.
1375Barbour Bruce iii. 16 And weill ost, at thar fryst metyng, War layd at erd, but recoveryng. c1400Destr. Troy viii. heading, Of the Counsell of the Grekys for Recoueryng of Elayne. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 339/1, I haue herd of the and of the helthes and recouerynges that thou makyst. 1543–4Act 35 Hen. VIII, c. 9 The recoueringe inclosinge and inninge of..Wappinge marshe. 1593Dallington Meth. Trav. N, So dear was the recouering of Amiens. a1660Hammond Serm. xxv. Wks. 1684 IV. 650 The recovering of the Soul to the pure knowledge of God. 1709–10Steele Tatler No. 145 ⁋2 He..made her the most obsequious Bow in the Presence of the whole Theatre..She made him the Recovering or Second Courtesy.
▪ II. recovering, vbl. n.2|riːˈkʌvərɪŋ|
[f. recover v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of recover v.2.
1904Daily Chron. 28 July 8/5 His umbrella..may want re-covering. 1930A. D. Stubbs Pastimes that Pay 45 When your dining room chairs require re-covering there is no need to send them to the upholsterer. 1967M. Holford Photogr. Handbk. 147 Send them to the local umbrella recovering shop.
▪ III. recovering, ppl. a.|rɪˈkʌvərɪŋ|
[f. as recovering vbl. n.1 + -ing2.]
That recovers, in senses of the vb.
1650Baxter Saints' R. (1836) 56 The Son of God comes with recovering grace. 1693Dryden Persius iii. (1697) 446 He..began To mend, and look like a recov'ring Man. 1722De Foe Plague (1884) 314 These poor recovering Creatures. 1810Lady Granville Lett. (1894) I. 8 It will be good for him in his recovering state. 1863I. Williams Baptistery i. i. (1874) 11 The bright recovering year.
Hence reˈcoveringly adv.
1894R. Bridges Shorter Poems 101 From waves of rustling wheat..Recoveringly that pass. |