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▪ I. confessing, vbl. n.|kənˈfɛsɪŋ|
[f. confess v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. confess; acknowledging, avowing; hearing confessions.
1611Bible 1 Esdras ix. 8 Now by confessing giue glory vnto the Lord. 1642O. Sedgwicke England's Preserv. 3 By Fastings, by confessings, by prayings. a1656Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. (1851) 37 O God, if the confessing of thine own gifts may glorify thee.
▪ II. conˈfessing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That confesses. Hence confessingly adv.
a1658Cleveland Model New Rel. 25 That they may see confessingly and swear, They have not seen at all this Fourteen Year. |