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▪ I. changing, vbl. n.1|ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ|
[f. change v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb change.
1. a. The action of substituting one thing for another, or of giving and receiving reciprocally; exchange.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1532 Many men se ofte chaungyng Of sere maners of gys of clethyng. c1440Promp. Parv. 71 Chawngynge or yeuynge oone thinge for anothere, cambium. 1513–75Diurn. Occurr. (1833) 18 For confirmatioun of peace and changeing of seillis. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Paraph. 76 b, A choppyng and chaungeyng of benefites one for an other. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 137 Change your Fauours too..But in this changing, What is your intent? 1611Bible Pref. 9 Neither was there this chopping and changing in the more ancient times onely.
†b. concr. A thing given in exchange. Obs. rare.
138.Wyclif Serm. lx. Wks. I. 184 What chaunginge shal a man ȝyve for his soule.
2. a. The action of making a thing other than it was; alteration.
a1225Anc. R. 6 Þeos riwle..is euer on, & schal beon, wiðute monglunge & wiðute chaungunge. 138.Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 182 For chawngynge of Cristis ordynaunce. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 271 Notable alteracyon or chaungynge of the partes. 1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1725) I. 133 So many various shiftings and changings of modes. 1866Sharpe New Test. Pref., The Translator..has made no change for changing's sake.
†b. Mus. Variation; modulation; = change n. 4 c. Obs.
1633Fletcher Pisc. Ecl. vii. xix, Change when you sing, muses delight in changing. 1669Penn No Cross xix. §31 The Musick was simple, without Art of Changings.
3. a. The action of becoming other than it was; change, alteration, variation.
c1330Kyng of Tars 871 in Ritson Metr. Rom. II. 192 Bi chaungynge of his hewe. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. x, Þe rauen haþ foure and sixty chaungynges of voyse. 1414Brampton Penit. Ps. ci. 38 There is no changyng foundyn in the. 1535Coverdale Isa. iii. 9 The chaunginge of their countenaunce bewrayeth them. 1659C. Noble Moderate Answ. Immod. Queries 6 A person given to vacillations and changings.
†b. Of the moon; = change n. 5. Obs.
1486Bk. St. Albans C vj, Take hony at the chaungyng of the moon. 1611Bible Ecclus. xliii. 8 The moneth is called after her name, encreasing wonderfully in her changing.
4. attrib. in various senses; see the vb. changing note (see quot. 1876); changing room, a room where one can change one's clothes, esp. at a sports ground.
1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms, Changing notes, passing notes or discords which occur on the accented parts of a bar. 1878Grove Dict. Mus. I. 75 The appoggiatura..in the latter case..is..sometimes called ‘transient’ or ‘changing’ note. 1883J. Parker Tyne Ch. 200 The grave is not a goal, it is but a changing-place. 1884Health Exhib. Catal. 130/1 Plan..of Dry or Changing House where miners change their clothes. 1917Changing-room [see airing cupboard]. 1937Discovery Jan. p. ii/1 New buildings just completed. Swimming bath, changing room, school library. 1960J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells vii. 65 In steam like this the changing-room was bathed.
▪ II. ˈchanging, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That changes (intr.); undergoing alteration; varying, inconstant; that changes colour.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1588 Suche a chaungande chaunce. 1340Ayenb. 104 Alle oþre þinges byeþ chonginde. 1583Babington Commandm. v. (1637) 42 So times are changed to and fro, and chaunging times have chaunged us too. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. i. xxxvii, Every changing scene. 1660Boyle Seraph. Love §xxv. (1700) 152 The changing necks of Doves. 1880M. Collins Th. in Garden I. 216 The sea..always changing, yet unchangeable. Mod. A changing-coloured silk.
2. That changes (trans.); causing alteration.
1707Hearne Collect. 27 Sept. II. 53 Time changing, sneaking People. 1809Campbell Gertrude ii. xxi, The changing hand of time.
▪ III. changing, vbl. n.2
see chang v. |