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▪ I. cherishing, vbl. n.|ˈtʃɛrɪʃɪŋ| Also 4 cheriss-, 5 chers-, chersch-. [f. cherish v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. cherish in various senses.
a1300Cursor M. 12174 Þan yode maria and iosep, Wit cherising to iesu spek. c1440Promp. Parv. 85 Cokerynge or grete cherschynge. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 119. c 1450 Lonelich Grail xlii. 296 So mochel he hadde hem in chersyng. 1540Morysine Vives' Introd. Wysd. C v b, The more cherisshynge that the carcase hath, the lesse is the soule loked upon. 1617Markham Caval. i. 76 So shall he..increase his cherishings. 1648Herrick Hesper., Treason, He acts the crime that gives it cherishing. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 568 An outside: fair, no doubt, and worthy well Thy cherishing. 1824J. Wilson Life i. (1878) 19 The cherishing of my lusts. ▪ II. cherishing, ppl. a.|ˈtʃɛrɪʃɪŋ| [f. cherish v. + -ing2.] That cherishes; nourishing, fostering, cheering. † cherishing-cup, a refreshing and comforting draught.
1689Moyle Sea Chyrurg. ii. v. 42 Let [it] be applyed warm and cherishing all about the Joynt and Part. 1712Francham Spect. No. 520 §4 When I saw those cherishing Eyes begin to be ghastly. 1733Fielding Quixote in Engl. Wks. 1784 III. 100 Come, father-in-law of mine that is to be, what say you to a cherishing cup? 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. ci. 1 Cocoa is cherishing. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. IV. 364 The cherishing benignancy. |