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▪ I. thirsting, vbl. n.|ˈθɜːstɪŋ|
[f. thirst v. + -ing1.]
The condition denoted by the verb thirst; thirst; fig. longing, craving.
c1500Kennedy Passion of Christ 739 Bitter wyne myxt with gall..þai him gaif to slokin his thristing. 1653Cromwell Sp. 14 July in Carlyle, We have had many desires, and thirstings in our spirits, to find out ways and means. 1701Stanhope Augustine's Medit. xxxv. 82 What impatient thirstings ought I to bring! 1861Times 22 Aug., A thirsting for political liberty.
▪ II. ˈthirsting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That thirsts, thirsty; fig. longing.
1382Wyclif Prov. xxv. 25 Cold watir to the threstende soule. 1552Huloet, Thyrstynge, or beynge a thyrste, sitiens. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 25 Keep thy Land rather in a thirsting condition. 1770Wesley Jrnl. 26 June, They drank in the words of life, just as the thirsting earth the showers. 1820Shelley Cloud i, I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers. 1857–8Sears Athan. ii. iii. 195 His marvellous tale..has fallen into thirsting ears.
Hence ˈthirstingly adv., longingly.
1619W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess. (1630) 570 The will..so thirstingly inclined to wickednesse. |