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▪ I. ˈoutˌgiving, vbl. n.
[out- 9.]
The action or fact of giving out; that which is given out: a. pl. payments, disbursements; b. utterance.
1663Blair Autobiog. ii. (1848) 25 All the disbursements and outgivings to traders. 1865Morn. Star 20 Jan., The outgivings of some irresponsible editor. 1881Times 15 Apr. 6/1 This was the burthen of all his outgivings before and after inauguration. 1897Educat. Rev. XIII. 70 To regard that as the last outgiving of political philosophy.
▪ II. outgiving, ppl. a.|ˈaʊtgɪvɪŋ|
[out- 10.]
That gives out; open-hearted, generous. Hence outˈgivingness.
1942J. Lees-Milne Ancestral Voices (1975) 31 K. as outgiving as ever. 1961Spectator 26 May 763/2 [Brendan] Behan is still..a talker and singer for talking and singing's own sake, spontaneous and out-giving. 1963London Mag. Sept. 11 Her face was round and pleasantly fleshed, her eyes cool and outgiving when she was not anguished or perturbed. 1968Listener 10 Oct. 458/2 She had lost a great deal, I think, of her out-givingness in that way and the novels perhaps reflect this. 1972Times 3 July 16/7 There can rarely have been such an outgiving man who was less of an extrovert. |