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▪ I. capering, vbl. n.1|ˈkeɪpərɪŋ| [f. caper v. + -ing1.] Frolicsome dancing or leaping.
1599Marston Sco. Villanie 193 To shew his capring skill. 1793W. Roberts Looker-on No. 84 The leaping and capering she [the hare] displays. 1868Helps Realmah xv. (1876) 410 Not to be indulged in caperings of their own. ▪ II. † ˈcapering, vbl. n.2 Obs. [f. caper v.2 + -ing1.] Privateering.
1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xii. (1848) 491 The Scots capering did not a little irritate the Dutch. ▪ III. ˈcapering, ppl. a. [f. caper v. + -ing2.] That capers, dancing.
1595Markham Sir R. Griniule xxiv, A winde-taught capring Ship. 15971st Pt. Ret. fr. Parnass. v. i. 1418 A capringe page. 1698Rowe Amb. Stepm. Prol. 21 Nor capering monsieur from Active France. 1828Scott F.M. Perth ii, Those gallants, with their capering horses. Hence ˈcaperingly adv.
1641Brome Jov. Crew i. Wks. 1873 III. 366 Most crowse most capringly. |