changingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/

Forms: see change v. and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English chengyng, Middle English–1500s chaungeyng, 1500s changeinge, 1500s changeyng, 1500s chaungeinge, 1500s chaungeynge, 1500s–1600s changeing, 1500s–1600s chaungeing; also Scottish pre-1700 chengeing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: change v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < change v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare change n.

a. The action of modifying or altering something; an instance of this.

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the world > time > change > [noun]

wendingeOE

changing?c1225

stirringa1240

wrixlinga1240

changec1325

variancec1340

transmutationc1380

varyingc1380

whileness1382

translationc1384

alterationa1398

mutationa1398

removinga1425

revolutiona1425

shiftingc1440

changementc1450

muance1480

commutation1509

altry1527

transition1545

turning1548

novation1549

immutation?c1550

alterance1559

alienation1562

turn?1567

vicissitude1603

refraction1614

fermentationa1661

diabasis1672

parallax1677

motion1678

aliation1775

transience1946

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 3 Þeos riwle..is of godes heste, for þi heo is eauer an wið vten changinge.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 77 (MED) Þe toure of Babilon..whare þe first chaungeyng of tunges was made.

c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 26 (MED) This chaungyng of templis in to chirchis.

a1500 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 182 For chawngynge of Cristis ordynaunce.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. a*vi^v Notable alteracion or chaungyng of the partes.

1557 in Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford (1574) p. cxxxiii The discipline and orders off the churche shalbe read openly once euery quarter..that euerie man maye..speak his minde for the chaunging and amending of it.

1616 T. Beard Retractiue from Romish Relig. xii. 497 Forging of false Treatises, corrupting of true, changing of Scriptures, and altering of mens words contrarie to their meaning, be certaine notes of heresie.

1656 J. Brinsley Three Sacred Emblems in Two Treat. sig. B6^v The Ministers of the Gospell..working upon them, as by their Doctrine, so by their Examples. Both which are very Influentiall, and operative for the changing and altering of the people.

1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 106 So many various Shiftings and Changings of Modes.

1771 A. Bayly Pract. Treat. Singing & Playing 3 Affectation..is the improper changing of open and long vowels into the narrow and short.

1810 H. Fry Brief Acct. Visit of Two Female Preachers 9 Certainly it behoves men to be changed themselves, before they can become proper instruments for the changing of others.

1860 London Jrnl. 3 Nov. 703/2 Give me friends that ne'er grow cold, Hearts that know no changing.

1921 Veneers Feb. 34/1 The thing to do is to go over each and every operation and see if it is not possible to do some changing in order to make them better.

2003 S. Bochco Death by Hollywood 179 The women always seemed to think Dennis needed a little changing here and there.

†b. Music. Variation; modulation; (also) an instance of this; = change n. 14a. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > key > alteration from prevailing key

changingc1475

change1574

modulation1696

key change1877

transition1877

c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) l. 2063 (MED) They woote the grownd of all syngyng, The nootes they knew therby and theyr chaungyng.

1631 E. Bevin Briefe Instr. Art of Musicke 49 Three parts to the Plain-song, composed in such sort, as euery part is made the Base or ground to the other, which causeth variety of musicke, by reason of the changing of the parts and is to be sung foure seuerall wayes.

1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown (ed. 2) xix. 387 That Musick they used was simple, without Art of Changings.

a. The action of substituting one thing for another, or of giving and receiving reciprocally; exchange; an instance of this.

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the world > time > change > exchange > [noun]

change?c1225

changingc1350

interchangingc1374

exchangec1384

permutationa1398

commutation1496

achange1530

chopping and changing1548

interchange1548

exchanging1553

promutation1560

intercourse1576

counterchange1579

chopping1581

counter-cambio?1592

interchangementa1616

commerce1631

swapping1695

barter1819

counterchanging1881

switching1904

va-et-vient1919

switch-around1981

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > changing clothing > [noun]

changingc1350

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xliii. 14 (MED) Þou seldest þy folk wyþ-outen pris, and multitude nas nouȝt in chaungynges [L. commutationibus] of hem.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xxxvii. 12 With þe marchaund trete of chaunging [altered to of casting-out of schip]..with þe feld wirkere of alle werk, with þe annuel wirkere of þe fulending of þe ȝer..take þou not heede to þese in alle counseil.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1532 Many men se ofte chaungyng Of sere maners of gys of clethyng.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 71 Chawngynge, or yeuynge oone thinge for a-nothere, cambium.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke vi. f. lxxxvi^v A choppyng and chaungeyng of benefites one for an other.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 136 Quee. Change you Fauours two... Kath. But in this changing, What is your intent?

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. to Rdr. sig. B Neither was there this chopping and changing in the more ancient times onely.

1653 R. Abbot Christian Family builded by God xx. 81 This lending is a free putting over..and thus it is distinguished from buying, selling, letting, hiring, changing, and all mercenarie acts.

1701 J. Le Clerc Harmony of Evangelists 49 He was not worthy to perform the vilest Offices of a Servant to him, such as the changing of his Shoes at his return home.

1784 Weekly Entertainer 26 Apr. 397 This event..had not occasioned more confusion than the changing of a vicar of a village.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 345 I have seen him throwing away tender glances upon her at the wedding dinner, during the changing of the dishes.

1896 A. Conan Doyle Rodney Stone vii. 102 It was his custom to go through a whole series of washings and changings after even the shortest journey.

1915 J. London Star Rover v. 32 Time was marked by the regular changing of the guards.

1958 Times 25 Aug. 4/1 The British sprint relay teams won their silver medals through immaculate baton changing.

2009 Guardian 8 Aug. 31/5 The response of those in charge..was a haughty guffawing and a changing of the subject.

†b. A thing given in exchange. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > time > change > exchange > [noun] > person or thing exchanged

pricea1300

botchmenta1425

changinga1425

exchange1490

tit for tat1546

changeling?1548

some and some1573

tip for tap1573

quid pro quo1816

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 184 (MED) What chaunginge shal a man ȝyve for his soule?

a. The action of undergoing alteration or modification; an instance of this.

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the world > time > change > [noun] > undergoing change

change?c1225

changingc1350

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxxvi. 10 (MED) Þis is þe chaungeinge of þe heȝe ryȝthalf.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. xi. 621 Þe rauen haþ foure and sixty chaungynges of voys.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 5^v (MED) Changing of herez and..teyntyng i. coloring.

c1450 Cato's Distichs (Sidney Sussex) l. 79 in Englische Studien (1906) 36 8 (MED) Wise men of maneris make changeng As time asketh and þe þing.

a1500 (?c1414) Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms 38 There is no changyng foundyn in the!

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. iii. B The chaunginge of their countenaunce bewrayeth them.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xix. 105 A permutation and chaunging of the thinne filmes going about the small guttes within, into a certaine liuing bodie, that will moue and stirre.

1627 J. Mayer Ecclesiastica Interpretatio 13 There is no variation or shadow of changing in him.

1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer 6 A person given to vacillations and changings.

1731 T. Johnson Ess. Moral Oblig. vi. 52 As there can be no Cause for his changing, he cannot change.

1793 Hapless Orphan I. l. 226 I regret that the season is so far advanced; not because the changing of the leaves, gives me any painful emotions.

1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 375 A mountainous sea, rendered awfully heavy and cross by the sudden changing of the wind.

1866 G. E. Street in O. Shipley Church & World 398 The history of the art of northern nations is almost entirely the story of a gradual changing.

1932 J. G. Neihardt Black Elk Speaks xvii. 199 The seasons form a great circle in their changing.

2012 M. Belto Wax & Paper Workshop 32/2 There is no fading or changing of color over time.

b. The arrival of the moon at a different phase, esp. at that of a new moon; the period of time at which this occurs. Cf. change n. 13.

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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [noun] > passage between

changea1393

changinga1398

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. liii. 1204 Þei worcheþ by night in þe fulle of þe moone and cesseþ of work in þe chaungyng of þe moone.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 549 Þe chaungyng of þe moone Whan lyghtles is þe world a nyght or tweyne.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. c.vi Take hony at the choungyng of the moon.

?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea 45 Now you must consider that euery houre of time in the chaunging of the Moone or of the Eclipses you must allow .15. degrees.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xliii. 8 The moneth is called after her name, encreasing wonderfully in her changing .

1774 J. Bertram Observ. Var. Subj. 29 The remainder is the day of the Moon's changing.

1866 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 30 Aug. 147/1 The changing of the moon, takes place all of the time alike, as much one day as another.

1962 C. F. Koch in Antioch Rev. 22 456 There is a faint breeze that my wife insists comes always with the changing of the moon.

2002 J. Cashford Moon iv. 105 (caption) The crescent above the bull's heads is inverted,..pointing to the changing of the Moon in a new revolution.

Phrases

changing of the guard n. (a) (usually with the) the ceremonial replacement of one body of guards by another, esp. at a royal palace, a parliamentary building, etc.; (b) figurative a radical change in personnel, typically resulting in an old or traditional management style or approach being replaced by a newer, more modern one.Sometimes (in informal use) in plural form changing of the guards.In Britain, the changing of the guard (often with capital initials) is most commonly used to refer to the ceremony that takes place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.

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1834 J. Roby in G. Hogarth White Rose of York 31 [In the Roman Forum] he..paused a few moments..to observe..the changing of the guard.

1838 Courier 22 Nov. He crossed over to the Horse-guards, being attracted by the crowd which was viewing the changing of the guard.

1871 Sun & Central Press 29 Dec. 10/1 The ‘wayghtes’ were musical watchmen..who piped at stated hours for the changing of the guard.

1923 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 29 Sept. 6/6 Gen. Kulikov represents a changing of the guard among the Soviet military. The new military leaders are in their 50s whereas..[they] used to be the oldest in any army.

1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 Dec. Performing the ceremony of Changing of the Guards [in Victoria, BC] was a skinny teenager,..his face drowned in his black fur busby.

1984 J. Morris Journeys (1992) 130 Resplendent cavalrymen..labor up the cobbled roadway for the changing of the guard at the palace [in Stockholm].

1993 Independent 1 Feb. 2/6 There is a changing of the guard at the BBC today. Liz Forgan..has clearly decided to break with the pompous rhetoric..exercised by its senior executives.

2016 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 10 Sept. 4 You simply have to watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, take a spin on the London Eye,..or ogle the spectacular Crown Jewels.

Compounds

C1.

†a. attributive. Designating clothes or a garment which one can change into if required. Obsolete.

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. iii. 22 In that dai the Lord shal don awei..ryngus, and iemmes..and chaunging clothis [L. mutatoria].

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Zech. iii. 4 Y haue clothid thee with chaungynge clothis [L. mutatoriis].

a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) l. 2015 (MED) And changing kirtils sal þai haue, In nyghtes þer oþer forto saue.

b. attributive. Designating a place where one can change one's clothes or a place or surface where one can change a baby's nappy. Cf. changing room n. at Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 130/1 Plan..of Dry or Changing House where miners change their clothes.

1972 J. P. Walsh Goldengrove (1985) 87 The beach is empty, except for two boys swimming, and a dog, and a man sitting alone on a bench by the changing huts.

1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 36/3 Gaily striped changing tents form regimented rows along the beach.

1995 Mother & Baby June 106/1 Changing stations are comfortable, practical and an ideal place for storing everything you need to change your baby close at hand.

2007 H. Alabaster Clever Clogs Children's Guide County Durham 46/3 Drop down changing units in each of the disabled toilets.

2011 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 20 Oct. s1 A changing station for babies is tucked into a quiet back corner.

C2.

changing bag n. Photography and Cinematography (a) a lightproof bag used for handling film or photographic plates without exposing them to light, typically having two sleeve-like openings that allow access to the interior; (b) a bag equipped with items required for changing a baby's nappy.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > baby's nappy > equipment, etc., for changing nappies

changing table1917

changing pad1967

changing mat1973

changing bag1980

1861 F. J. Cox Photographic Tourist (ed. 4) i. 10 The plates can be taken in a plate box, and transferred to the dark slide by the aid of a changing bag.

1944 Pop. Photogr. May 58/2 With this precaution, the makeshift changing bag becomes almost as efficient as the regular store variety.

1980 Observer 9 Nov. 43/5 (advt.) Baby's Changing Bag... This smart quilted bag carries everything needed for baby and unzips to form a comfortable p.v.c. lined mat for changing baby's nappy.

1995 Yorkshire Evening Press 20 May 10/8 (advt.) Silver Cross Wayfarer pushchair 3-in-1, with carrycot, PVC raincover, cosytoes, sun canopy, changing bag.

2012 M. Hubris-Cherrier Voice & Vision (ed. 2) viii. 177 A changing bag is simply a large, lightproof bag with a double zipper opening at the base and sleeves on the other end.

changing mat n. a mat which provides a clean, soft surface on which a baby can be placed in order to change its nappy.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > baby's nappy > equipment, etc., for changing nappies

changing table1917

changing pad1967

changing mat1973

changing bag1980

1973 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 99 277/2 A chenille type foam-backed bath mat makes a very satisfactory changing mat for baby.

1999 Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 July 52 The baby-changing facilities in each carriage featured a squidgy changing mat.

2011 M. Stoppard Grandparents iv. 86 Always do a diaper change on a firm, flat surface covered with a changing mat.

changing note n. Music an accented passing-note.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > movement of parts > by passing note > passing note

passing-note1658

changing note1847

passing tone1874

1847 R. Platt New, Easy, & Correct Syst. Vocal Music v. 85 In the example below, the D, F, and A are passing notes; the B is a changing note.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 83/1 Changing notes, passing notes or discords which occur on the accented parts of a bar.

1994 M. Kennedy Oxf. Dict. Music (ed. 2) 164/1 Changing Note or Nota Cambiata, idiomatic melodic formula, salient characteristic of which is a leap of a third away from an unessential note.

changing pad n. = changing mat n.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > baby's nappy > equipment, etc., for changing nappies

changing table1917

changing pad1967

changing mat1973

changing bag1980

1967 J. Lowrie & S. King Marriage Bk. 245 Two cheap things are useful: those plastic changing pads which the baby can't roll off (at least at first) and one of the little plastic prop-up chairs.

1994 Wall Street Jrnl. 17 May b7/3 The study found significantly fewer bacteria on the toy balls, changing pads and chairs in rooms where disposable diapers were used.

2006 Wired July 58/3 Diaper bag... The design and the customer service were so good that we're tempted to order a matching burp cloth and changing pad.

† changing-place n. Obsolete a place where change occurs.

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1870 J. Parker City Temple: Serm. Poultry Chapel I. 207 The grave is not a goal, it is but a changing-place.

changing room n. a room at a sports ground, swimming pool, etc., where one can change one's clothes; (also) a room in a shop where one can try on clothes.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > room for keeping clothes or dressing

wardrobec1440

garderobe?c1450

vestiaryc1450

vestuaryc1490

vestry1574

guarda-roba1602

dressing room1659

robe chamber1665

tire-room1681

robes-roomc1689

apodyteriuma1695

robing room1712

attiring-room1756

toilet1790

toilet chamber1798

toilet room1800

changing room1841

dressing shed1845

change room1886

1841 Cornwall Royal Gaz. 19 Feb. All the scholars will be provided with..a complete suit of clean clothing, to be taken with them to a changing room adjoining the school.

1960 J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells vii. 65 In steam like this the changing-room was bathed.

2015 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, N.Z.) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 18 I'm in a changing room trying on a beaded 40s dress the colour of celery.

Derivatives

ˈchangingness n.

ΚΠ

1860 Lady's Newspaper 16 June 463/1 I..spurn the Real, and grasp but Changingness.

1910 H. E. Cushman Beginner's Hist. Philos. I. 33 The senses tell us that their objects are permanent, while the reason sees through this deception to the changingness of the world.

2012 C. Scott Lit. Transl. & Rediscovery Reading vii. 161 This changingness is partly expressed in the changing typefaces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

changingadj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/

Forms: see change v. and -ing suffix²; also 1500s–1600s changeing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: change v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < change v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier changing n.¹In the specific use with reference to fabrics (see sense 1) probably after Middle French, French changeant changeant adj.

1. That undergoes change or alteration; varying, inconstant. Also: that changes colour when viewed from a different angle or in a different light (cf. changeant adj.).

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the world > time > change > [adjective] > changing or undergoing alteration

changing1340

turningc1450

muantc1460

shifting1479

altering1561

kaleidoscopic1857

kaleidoscopical1858

the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [adjective]

changeablec1450

cangeant1608

volant1616

changeanta1653

changing1659

pavonine1688

versicoloured1721

perlaceous1777

iridescent1794

pavonated1798

chatoyant1816

nacreous1819

shot1824

versicolorate1826

nacrous1836

versicolorous1847

iridine1851

perlarious1858

nacry1859

nacrine1862

playing1871

fire-opalescent1873

irisated1887

holographic1988

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 104 Alle oþre þinges byeþ chonginde.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1588 Suche a chaungande chaunce.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 219 Ffyve cytees schal be in þe lond of thirknes spekyng wyth a chaungyng tunge.

1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) vii. sig. Y.iiij Our chaunging body is disposed diuerslye.

1575 Edinb. Test. III. f. 363^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Changeand Armosie taffiteis changeand reid & ȝallow.

1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. v. 222 So times are changed to and fro, and chaunging times haue chaunged vs too.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. xxxvii. 10 Every changing scene.

1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God xxv. 163 The changing necks of Doves.

a1717 W. Diaper tr. Oppian Halieuticks (1722) ii. 81 In changing Forms you vainly pride.

1756 J. Grigg Voice of Danger, Voice of God 29 In the finest day, the eye of the seedsman..will often turn upwards, at the thought of changing weather.

1824 L. M. Child Hobomok xix. 169 He soon understood the changing expression of her countenance.

1860 E. Sandars By the Sea 54 Oh ever-changing Sea, With not one old familiar wave.

1953 M. S. Wolle Bonanza Trail viii. 304 The captain was impatient to be off with the changing tide.

2009 Daily Tel. 5 Oct. (Business section) b2/7 The World Bank must become more representative of the changing face of the world economy.

2. That causes change or alteration in something else; modifying.

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the world > time > change > [adjective] > changing or causing alteration

changing1586

alterable1594

alterant1626

1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) 130 In warld the prince of darknes hes Impyire and gud men thoillis tribulatioun Bot sic tryall lyik ane chainging fyire Then to prepair to thair saluatioun [etc.].

1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 173 A changing or working cause, by force whereof, the matter being wrought and mollified, which is onely in power, is at length actually performed.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 66 The rowling billowes follow fast, Although that Æols changing hand From his vast caue do them dis-band.

1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 53 The..Inscription..gave great Offence to the Time changing, sneaking People.

1766 C. Jemmat Misc. 11 His changing hand, with various music fraught, To soothe, to soften, and to melt the mind.

1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming 40 The changing hand of time.

1902 Pacific Monthly Aug. 84/2 A few old songs that are..quite immune from the changing touch of Time.

2003 C. B. Divakaruni Conch Bearer (2005) ii.14 If I knew how to work that kind of changing magic, I'd start with Haru's black heart.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	changing
释义	changingn.¹ Brit. /ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/ Forms: see change v. and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English chengyng, Middle English–1500s chaungeyng, 1500s changeinge, 1500s changeyng, 1500s chaungeinge, 1500s chaungeynge, 1500s–1600s changeing, 1500s–1600s chaungeing; also Scottish pre-1700 chengeing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: change v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < change v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare change n. 1. a. The action of modifying or altering something; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] wendingeOE changing?c1225 stirringa1240 wrixlinga1240 changec1325 variancec1340 transmutationc1380 varyingc1380 whileness1382 translationc1384 alterationa1398 mutationa1398 removinga1425 revolutiona1425 shiftingc1440 changementc1450 muance1480 commutation1509 altry1527 transition1545 turning1548 novation1549 immutation?c1550 alterance1559 alienation1562 turn?1567 vicissitude1603 refraction1614 fermentationa1661 diabasis1672 parallax1677 motion1678 aliation1775 transience1946 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 3 Þeos riwle..is of godes heste, for þi heo is eauer an wið vten changinge. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 77 (MED) Þe toure of Babilon..whare þe first chaungeyng of tunges was made. c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 26 (MED) This chaungyng of templis in to chirchis. a1500 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 182 For chawngynge of Cristis ordynaunce. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. avi^v Notable alteracion or chaungyng of the partes. 1557 in Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford* (1574) p. cxxxiii The discipline and orders off the churche shalbe read openly once euery quarter..that euerie man maye..speak his minde for the chaunging and amending of it. 1616 T. Beard Retractiue from Romish Relig. xii. 497 Forging of false Treatises, corrupting of true, changing of Scriptures, and altering of mens words contrarie to their meaning, be certaine notes of heresie. 1656 J. Brinsley Three Sacred Emblems in Two Treat. sig. B6^v The Ministers of the Gospell..working upon them, as by their Doctrine, so by their Examples. Both which are very Influentiall, and operative for the changing and altering of the people. 1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 106 So many various Shiftings and Changings of Modes. 1771 A. Bayly Pract. Treat. Singing & Playing 3 Affectation..is the improper changing of open and long vowels into the narrow and short. 1810 H. Fry Brief Acct. Visit of Two Female Preachers 9 Certainly it behoves men to be changed themselves, before they can become proper instruments for the changing of others. 1860 London Jrnl. 3 Nov. 703/2 Give me friends that ne'er grow cold, Hearts that know no changing. 1921 Veneers Feb. 34/1 The thing to do is to go over each and every operation and see if it is not possible to do some changing in order to make them better. 2003 S. Bochco Death by Hollywood 179 The women always seemed to think Dennis needed a little changing here and there. †b. Music. Variation; modulation; (also) an instance of this; = change n. 14a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > key > alteration from prevailing key changingc1475 change1574 modulation1696 key change1877 transition1877 c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) l. 2063 (MED) They woote the grownd of all syngyng, The nootes they knew therby and theyr chaungyng. 1631 E. Bevin Briefe Instr. Art of Musicke 49 Three parts to the Plain-song, composed in such sort, as euery part is made the Base or ground to the other, which causeth variety of musicke, by reason of the changing of the parts and is to be sung foure seuerall wayes. 1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown (ed. 2) xix. 387 That Musick they used was simple, without Art of Changings. 2. a. The action of substituting one thing for another, or of giving and receiving reciprocally; exchange; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > [noun] change?c1225 changingc1350 interchangingc1374 exchangec1384 permutationa1398 commutation1496 achange1530 chopping and changing1548 interchange1548 exchanging1553 promutation1560 intercourse1576 counterchange1579 chopping1581 counter-cambio?1592 interchangementa1616 commerce1631 swapping1695 barter1819 counterchanging1881 switching1904 va-et-vient1919 switch-around1981 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > changing clothing > [noun] changingc1350 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xliii. 14 (MED) Þou seldest þy folk wyþ-outen pris, and multitude nas nouȝt in chaungynges [L. commutationibus] of hem. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xxxvii. 12 With þe marchaund trete of chaunging [altered to of casting-out of schip]..with þe feld wirkere of alle werk, with þe annuel wirkere of þe fulending of þe ȝer..take þou not heede to þese in alle counseil. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1532 Many men se ofte chaungyng Of sere maners of gys of clethyng. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 71 Chawngynge, or yeuynge oone thinge for a-nothere, cambium. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke vi. f. lxxxvi^v A choppyng and chaungeyng of benefites one for an other. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 136 Quee. Change you Fauours two... Kath. But in this changing, What is your intent? View more context for this quotation 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. to Rdr. sig. B Neither was there this chopping and changing in the more ancient times onely. 1653 R. Abbot Christian Family builded by God xx. 81 This lending is a free putting over..and thus it is distinguished from buying, selling, letting, hiring, changing, and all mercenarie acts. 1701 J. Le Clerc Harmony of Evangelists 49 He was not worthy to perform the vilest Offices of a Servant to him, such as the changing of his Shoes at his return home. 1784 Weekly Entertainer 26 Apr. 397 This event..had not occasioned more confusion than the changing of a vicar of a village. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 345 I have seen him throwing away tender glances upon her at the wedding dinner, during the changing of the dishes. 1896 A. Conan Doyle Rodney Stone vii. 102 It was his custom to go through a whole series of washings and changings after even the shortest journey. 1915 J. London Star Rover v. 32 Time was marked by the regular changing of the guards. 1958 Times 25 Aug. 4/1 The British sprint relay teams won their silver medals through immaculate baton changing. 2009 Guardian 8 Aug. 31/5 The response of those in charge..was a haughty guffawing and a changing of the subject. †b. A thing given in exchange. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > [noun] > person or thing exchanged pricea1300 botchmenta1425 changinga1425 exchange1490 tit for tat1546 changeling?1548 some and some1573 tip for tap1573 quid pro quo1816 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 184 (MED) What chaunginge shal a man ȝyve for his soule? 3. a. The action of undergoing alteration or modification; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > undergoing change change?c1225 changingc1350 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxxvi. 10 (MED) Þis is þe chaungeinge of þe heȝe ryȝthalf. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. xi. 621 Þe rauen haþ foure and sixty chaungynges of voys. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 5^v (MED) Changing of herez and..teyntyng i. coloring. c1450 Cato's Distichs (Sidney Sussex) l. 79 in Englische Studien (1906) 36 8 (MED) Wise men of maneris make changeng As time asketh and þe þing. a1500 (?c1414) Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms 38 There is no changyng foundyn in the! 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. iii. B The chaunginge of their countenaunce bewrayeth them. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xix. 105 A permutation and chaunging of the thinne filmes going about the small guttes within, into a certaine liuing bodie, that will moue and stirre. 1627 J. Mayer Ecclesiastica Interpretatio 13 There is no variation or shadow of changing in him. 1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer 6 A person given to vacillations and changings. 1731 T. Johnson Ess. Moral Oblig. vi. 52 As there can be no Cause for his changing, he cannot change. 1793 Hapless Orphan I. l. 226 I regret that the season is so far advanced; not because the changing of the leaves, gives me any painful emotions. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 375 A mountainous sea, rendered awfully heavy and cross by the sudden changing of the wind. 1866 G. E. Street in O. Shipley Church & World 398 The history of the art of northern nations is almost entirely the story of a gradual changing. 1932 J. G. Neihardt Black Elk Speaks xvii. 199 The seasons form a great circle in their changing. 2012 M. Belto Wax & Paper Workshop 32/2 There is no fading or changing of color over time. b. The arrival of the moon at a different phase, esp. at that of a new moon; the period of time at which this occurs. Cf. change n. 13. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [noun] > passage between changea1393 changinga1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. liii. 1204 Þei worcheþ by night in þe fulle of þe moone and cesseþ of work in þe chaungyng of þe moone. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 549 Þe chaungyng of þe moone Whan lyghtles is þe world a nyght or tweyne. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. c.vi Take hony at the choungyng of the moon. ?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea 45 Now you must consider that euery houre of time in the chaunging of the Moone or of the Eclipses you must allow .15. degrees. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xliii. 8 The moneth is called after her name, encreasing wonderfully in her changing . View more context for this quotation 1774 J. Bertram Observ. Var. Subj. 29 The remainder is the day of the Moon's changing. 1866 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 30 Aug. 147/1 The changing of the moon, takes place all of the time alike, as much one day as another. 1962 C. F. Koch in Antioch Rev. 22 456 There is a faint breeze that my wife insists comes always with the changing of the moon. 2002 J. Cashford Moon iv. 105 (caption) The crescent above the bull's heads is inverted,..pointing to the changing of the Moon in a new revolution. Phrases changing of the guard n. (a) (usually with the) the ceremonial replacement of one body of guards by another, esp. at a royal palace, a parliamentary building, etc.; (b) figurative a radical change in personnel, typically resulting in an old or traditional management style or approach being replaced by a newer, more modern one.Sometimes (in informal use) in plural form changing of the guards.In Britain, the changing of the guard (often with capital initials) is most commonly used to refer to the ceremony that takes place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. ΚΠ 1834 J. Roby in G. Hogarth White Rose of York 31 [In the Roman Forum] he..paused a few moments..to observe..the changing of the guard. 1838 Courier 22 Nov. He crossed over to the Horse-guards, being attracted by the crowd which was viewing the changing of the guard. 1871 Sun & Central Press 29 Dec. 10/1 The ‘wayghtes’ were musical watchmen..who piped at stated hours for the changing of the guard. 1923 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 29 Sept. 6/6 Gen. Kulikov represents a changing of the guard among the Soviet military. The new military leaders are in their 50s whereas..[they] used to be the oldest in any army. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 Dec. Performing the ceremony of Changing of the Guards [in Victoria, BC] was a skinny teenager,..his face drowned in his black fur busby. 1984 J. Morris Journeys (1992) 130 Resplendent cavalrymen..labor up the cobbled roadway for the changing of the guard at the palace [in Stockholm]. 1993 Independent 1 Feb. 2/6 There is a changing of the guard at the BBC today. Liz Forgan..has clearly decided to break with the pompous rhetoric..exercised by its senior executives. 2016 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 10 Sept. 4 You simply have to watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, take a spin on the London Eye,..or ogle the spectacular Crown Jewels. Compounds C1. †a. attributive. Designating clothes or a garment which one can change into if required. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. iii. 22 In that dai the Lord shal don awei..ryngus, and iemmes..and chaunging clothis [L. mutatoria]. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Zech. iii. 4 Y haue clothid thee with chaungynge clothis [L. mutatoriis]. a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) l. 2015 (MED) And changing kirtils sal þai haue, In nyghtes þer oþer forto saue. b. attributive. Designating a place where one can change one's clothes or a place or surface where one can change a baby's nappy. Cf. changing room n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 130/1 Plan..of Dry or Changing House where miners change their clothes. 1972 J. P. Walsh Goldengrove (1985) 87 The beach is empty, except for two boys swimming, and a dog, and a man sitting alone on a bench by the changing huts. 1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 36/3 Gaily striped changing tents form regimented rows along the beach. 1995 Mother & Baby June 106/1 Changing stations are comfortable, practical and an ideal place for storing everything you need to change your baby close at hand. 2007 H. Alabaster Clever Clogs Children's Guide County Durham 46/3 Drop down changing units in each of the disabled toilets. 2011 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 20 Oct. s1 A changing station for babies is tucked into a quiet back corner. C2. changing bag n. Photography and Cinematography (a) a lightproof bag used for handling film or photographic plates without exposing them to light, typically having two sleeve-like openings that allow access to the interior; (b) a bag equipped with items required for changing a baby's nappy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > baby's nappy > equipment, etc., for changing nappies changing table1917 changing pad1967 changing mat1973 changing bag1980 1861 F. J. Cox Photographic Tourist (ed. 4) i. 10 The plates can be taken in a plate box, and transferred to the dark slide by the aid of a changing bag. 1944 Pop. Photogr. May 58/2 With this precaution, the makeshift changing bag becomes almost as efficient as the regular store variety. 1980 Observer 9 Nov. 43/5 (advt.) Baby's Changing Bag... This smart quilted bag carries everything needed for baby and unzips to form a comfortable p.v.c. lined mat for changing baby's nappy. 1995 Yorkshire Evening Press 20 May 10/8 (advt.) Silver Cross Wayfarer pushchair 3-in-1, with carrycot, PVC raincover, cosytoes, sun canopy, changing bag. 2012 M. Hubris-Cherrier Voice & Vision (ed. 2) viii. 177 A changing bag is simply a large, lightproof bag with a double zipper opening at the base and sleeves on the other end. changing mat n. a mat which provides a clean, soft surface on which a baby can be placed in order to change its nappy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > baby's nappy > equipment, etc., for changing nappies changing table1917 changing pad1967 changing mat1973 changing bag1980 1973 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 99 277/2 A chenille type foam-backed bath mat makes a very satisfactory changing mat for baby. 1999 Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 July 52 The baby-changing facilities in each carriage featured a squidgy changing mat. 2011 M. Stoppard Grandparents iv. 86 Always do a diaper change on a firm, flat surface covered with a changing mat. changing note n. Music an accented passing-note. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > movement of parts > by passing note > passing note passing-note1658 changing note1847 passing tone1874 1847 R. Platt New, Easy, & Correct Syst. Vocal Music v. 85 In the example below, the D, F, and A are passing notes; the B is a changing note. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 83/1 Changing notes, passing notes or discords which occur on the accented parts of a bar. 1994 M. Kennedy Oxf. Dict. Music (ed. 2) 164/1 Changing Note or Nota Cambiata, idiomatic melodic formula, salient characteristic of which is a leap of a third away from an unessential note. changing pad n. = changing mat n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > baby's nappy > equipment, etc., for changing nappies changing table1917 changing pad1967 changing mat1973 changing bag1980 1967 J. Lowrie & S. King Marriage Bk. 245 Two cheap things are useful: those plastic changing pads which the baby can't roll off (at least at first) and one of the little plastic prop-up chairs. 1994 Wall Street Jrnl. 17 May b7/3 The study found significantly fewer bacteria on the toy balls, changing pads and chairs in rooms where disposable diapers were used. 2006 Wired July 58/3 Diaper bag... The design and the customer service were so good that we're tempted to order a matching burp cloth and changing pad. † changing-place n. Obsolete a place where change occurs. ΚΠ 1870 J. Parker City Temple: Serm. Poultry Chapel I. 207 The grave is not a goal, it is but a changing-place. changing room n. a room at a sports ground, swimming pool, etc., where one can change one's clothes; (also) a room in a shop where one can try on clothes. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > room for keeping clothes or dressing wardrobec1440 garderobe?c1450 vestiaryc1450 vestuaryc1490 vestry1574 guarda-roba1602 dressing room1659 robe chamber1665 tire-room1681 robes-roomc1689 apodyteriuma1695 robing room1712 attiring-room1756 toilet1790 toilet chamber1798 toilet room1800 changing room1841 dressing shed1845 change room1886 1841 Cornwall Royal Gaz. 19 Feb. All the scholars will be provided with..a complete suit of clean clothing, to be taken with them to a changing room adjoining the school. 1960 J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells vii. 65 In steam like this the changing-room was bathed. 2015 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, N.Z.) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 18 I'm in a changing room trying on a beaded 40s dress the colour of celery. Derivatives ˈchangingness n. ΚΠ 1860 Lady's Newspaper 16 June 463/1 I..spurn the Real, and grasp but Changingness. 1910 H. E. Cushman Beginner's Hist. Philos. I. 33 The senses tell us that their objects are permanent, while the reason sees through this deception to the changingness of the world. 2012 C. Scott Lit. Transl. & Rediscovery Reading vii. 161 This changingness is partly expressed in the changing typefaces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † changingn.² Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: chanking n. Etymology: Probably a typographical or compositorial error for chanking n. (compare quot. 1614 at that entry). Compare later chang n.¹, chang v. Obsolete. rare. A chomping or chewing sound; = chanking n. ΚΠ 1648 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (ed. 7) i. xxii. 100 A certain hollow changing [ed. 1, 1614 chanking] in his mouth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2019). changingadj. Brit. /ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/ Forms: see change v. and -ing suffix²; also 1500s–1600s changeing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: change v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < change v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier changing n.¹In the specific use with reference to fabrics (see sense 1) probably after Middle French, French changeant changeant adj. 1. That undergoes change or alteration; varying, inconstant. Also: that changes colour when viewed from a different angle or in a different light (cf. changeant adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [adjective] > changing or undergoing alteration changing1340 turningc1450 muantc1460 shifting1479 altering1561 kaleidoscopic1857 kaleidoscopical1858 the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [adjective] changeablec1450 cangeant1608 volant1616 changeanta1653 changing1659 pavonine1688 versicoloured1721 perlaceous1777 iridescent1794 pavonated1798 chatoyant1816 nacreous1819 shot1824 versicolorate1826 nacrous1836 versicolorous1847 iridine1851 perlarious1858 nacry1859 nacrine1862 playing1871 fire-opalescent1873 irisated1887 holographic1988 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 104 Alle oþre þinges byeþ chonginde. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1588 Suche a chaungande chaunce. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 219 Ffyve cytees schal be in þe lond of thirknes spekyng wyth a chaungyng tunge. 1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) vii. sig. Y.iiij Our chaunging body is disposed diuerslye. 1575 Edinb. Test. III. f. 363^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Changeand Armosie taffiteis changeand reid & ȝallow. 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. v. 222 So times are changed to and fro, and chaunging times haue chaunged vs too. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. xxxvii. 10 Every changing scene. 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God xxv. 163 The changing necks of Doves. a1717 W. Diaper tr. Oppian Halieuticks (1722) ii. 81 In changing Forms you vainly pride. 1756 J. Grigg Voice of Danger, Voice of God 29 In the finest day, the eye of the seedsman..will often turn upwards, at the thought of changing weather. 1824 L. M. Child Hobomok xix. 169 He soon understood the changing expression of her countenance. 1860 E. Sandars By the Sea 54 Oh ever-changing Sea, With not one old familiar wave. 1953 M. S. Wolle Bonanza Trail viii. 304 The captain was impatient to be off with the changing tide. 2009 Daily Tel. 5 Oct. (Business section) b2/7 The World Bank must become more representative of the changing face of the world economy. 2. That causes change or alteration in something else; modifying. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [adjective] > changing or causing alteration changing1586 alterable1594 alterant1626 1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) 130 In warld the prince of darknes hes Impyire and gud men thoillis tribulatioun Bot sic tryall lyik ane chainging fyire Then to prepair to thair saluatioun [etc.]. 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 173 A changing or working cause, by force whereof, the matter being wrought and mollified, which is onely in power, is at length actually performed. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 66 The rowling billowes follow fast, Although that Æols changing hand From his vast caue do them dis-band. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 53 The..Inscription..gave great Offence to the Time changing, sneaking People. 1766 C. Jemmat Misc. 11 His changing hand, with various music fraught, To soothe, to soften, and to melt the mind. 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming 40 The changing hand of time. 1902 Pacific Monthly Aug. 84/2 A few old songs that are..quite immune from the changing touch of Time. 2003 C. B. Divakaruni Conch Bearer (2005) ii.14 If I knew how to work that kind of changing magic, I'd start with Haru's black heart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹?c1225n.²1648adj.1340
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