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▪ I. rebelling, vbl. n.|rɪˈbɛlɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. rebel.
a1340Hampole Psalter xvii. 41 Til þat þai faile and wite awey and leue þaire rebellynge. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1601 Myn is..The murmure, and the cherles rebellyng. 1560A. L. tr. Calvin's Foure Serm. Songe Ezech. i, He tormenteth..with a rebelling uncomely for a servant of God. 1661Heylin Hist. Ref. II. 68 After Absalom's rebelling was suppressed, and the kingdom setled. ▪ II. rebelling, ppl. a.|rɪˈbɛlɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That rebels; rebellious.
1575Gascoigne Flowers Wks. 77, I thinke the Goddesse of reuenge deuisde So to bee wreackt on my rebelling wyll. 1611Shakes. Cymb. v. iv. 96 The Thunderer, whose Bolt..Sky-planted, batters all rebelling Coasts. a1677Manton Serm. Ps. cxix, cxv. Wks. 1872 VIII. 91 An unconstant and rebelling heart. 1847J. Kirk Cloud Dispelled ii. 44 Sin is the intrusion..of a free and rebelling creature on the plans..of a holy God. |