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lessoning|ˈlɛsənɪŋ| [f. lesson v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. lesson; the action of giving a lesson or lessons; instruction, admonition.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. cxxxii. 811 No longer any lessoning or warnings to be hearkened vnto. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. i. §1 (1622) 171 As being conscious vnto himselfe, euen by Natures inward lessoning, that his seruice is due vnto him [God]. 1791F. Burney Diary V. v. 220 My last day..was filled with..packing, leave-taking, bills-paying, and lessoning to Mdle. Jacobi. 1812W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXIII. 239 Our national usages and lessonings. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 206, I never needed lessoning more in the principles of the three great arts. |