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▪ I. praising, vbl. n.|ˈpreɪzɪŋ|
[f. praise v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb praise. †a. Valuing, valuation, appraising. Obs.
1399Langl. Rich. Redeles i. 17 Be tallage of ȝoure townes without any werre,..By preysinge of polaxis þat no pete hadde. 1524Churchw. Acc. St. Giles, Reading 22 Paid for praysyng of certayn stuff at the court..viijd. 1590Swinburne Testaments 227 The registring, sealing, writing, praising, making of inuentaries.
b. Commending, commendation; the offering of praise to God. Also in pl.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13401 Grete preysynge he [Arthur] made, His men to bolde, þeir hertes to glade. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 379 A litil storie is told in presing of our Ladi. 1382― Prov. x. 7 The mynde of the riȝtwise [shall be] with preisingis. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) i. xi. 43/1 Theyr Pater noster, & theyr Aue maria, aud other prayers and praysynges. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. xviii. (1634) 711 Under the other kinde of sacrifice..are contained all..our prayers, praisings, giving of thankes. a1716South Serm. (1744) VIII. i. 13 Hence the very word, by which we express the praising of one, is to extol him; that is, to lift him up.
†c. The fact of being held worthy of praise; transf. that which is so held. Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 311 At conseil & at nede he [Arthur] was a skilfulle kyng, So curteis of non men rede, ne prince of more praysing Was non in Cristendam. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋875 The thridde manere of chastitee is virginitee..she is the preisynge of this world. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop iv. iv, Thy..beaute is fayrer..and of gretter preysynge than the songe of the nyghtyngale.
▪ II. ˈpraising, ppl. a.
[f. praise v. + -ing2.]
That praises or expresses praise; laudatory.
1382Wyclif Isa. xxxv. 2 Buriownynge it shal burioune, and ful out ioȝen, ioȝeful and preising. a1586Sidney Ps. v. v, They ever shall send Thee their praysing voyce. 1745Scot. Paraphr. xxiv. i, Ye Heavens, send forth your praising Song.
Hence ˈpraisingly adv., in a praising or laudatory manner; with praise.
1842G. S. Faber Prov. Lett. (1844) II. 117 As that Father praisingly reminds them. 1889G. Gissing Nether World III. xiii. 289 Miss Lanty..did not speak of her too praisingly. |