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▪ I. reˈwarding, vbl. n.
[f. reward v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb, in various senses.
a1340Hampole Psalter lviii. 18 In rewardinge of endles bliss. 1390Gower Conf. I. 333 Thanne I scholde in such a wise In rewardinge of my servise Be ded. c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxxiii, Also if þe lorde be þere alle þinge shulde be doo of þe abay and rewardynge, as before is seyde. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 230 Tho that in lokynge or in rewardynge ficchyth hare syght and hit holdyth stabill. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 262 The rewardinges which ar sayd to be prepared for the keper of the law. 1582Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 95 Wyl ye not haue children, nor sweete Venus happye rewarding's? 1650J. Hall in Harrington's Oceana (1700) 10 Their generous and indiscrete rewarding of Virtue.
▪ II. reˈwarding, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That rewards.
1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1703) 131 Hope..is sometimes so sprightly and rewarding a quality. a1708Beveridge Thes. Theol. (1710) I. 40 This is what we call His distributing or rewarding justice. 1871Meredith H. Richmond xxxvi, My grandfather's praise of her she received with a rewarding look back of kindness.
Hence reˈwardingly adv.
1850Browning Christmas Eve xviii, Which fact pays the damage done rewardingly. |