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▪ I. solacing, vbl. n.|ˈsɒləsɪŋ|
[f. solace v.]
The action of the verb in various senses; † the fact of taking enjoyment or recreation.
13..K. Alis. 6746 (W.), Now rideth Alisaunder,..with muche syngyng, In gret delit and solasyng. 1382Wyclif 1 Cor. xiv. 3 He..spekith to men, to edificacioun,..and comfortynge, or solasynge. 1540–1Elyot Image Gov. (1549) 81 In this solacyng he hunted the harte. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xviii. 43 Adew,..My mirth and sollesing Of erdly gloir. 1631N. Hunt (title), New Recreations, or The Mindes release and solacing. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing 357 The manner of Solacing, thus.
▪ II. ˈsolacing, ppl. a.
[f. solace v.]
Conveying solace; consoling.
1721R. Keith tr. T. à Kempis, Solil. Soul x. 179 The solacing Joy of the Spirit. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. vii. vii, For wrath is contagious, and to pent Bodyguards is so solacing. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. i. v. §32 (1875) 115 The beliefs..were highly solacing ones. 1890Pall Mall G. 20 Jan. 6/3 Miss Fowler received these solacing remarks with quiet serenity. |