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▪ I. considering, vbl. n.|kənˈsɪdərɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
1. The action of consider v.; consideration.
1483Cath. Angl. 75 A Consederynge, consideracio. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, ii. iv. 185 Many maz'd considerings, did throng And prest in. 1722De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 267, I took up a world of time in considering of this matter.
2. attrib. † considering-glass = looking-glass.
1660Wither (title), Speculum Speculativum, or a considering-glass, being an inspection into the present and late sad condition of these Nations. 1686A. Horneck Crucif. Jesus xix. 555 Times of affliction are considering times.
b. esp. in considering-cap.
1605R. Armin Foole upon F. (1880) 40 The Cobler puts off his considering cap, why sir, sayes he, I sent them home but now. 1608Day Law Trickes v. (1881) 81 Haue you put on your Considering Cap and bethought you? 1654Whitlock Zootomia 116 Would men put on their considering caps (they might sooner put off their sick caps). 1766Goody Two-Shoes v. (1882) 115 The whole History of the Considering Cap. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. xxxvii, I'll put on my considering cap, and I think all you want to do may be done by degrees.
▪ II. conˈsidering, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That considers; thinking, reflecting; thoughtful, reflective. (Common from c1650 to c1750; now rare: so F. considérant.)
1483Cath. Angl. 75 Consyderynge, considerans. 1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. ii. §68. 78 A most comfortable doctrine for a considering man lying upon death bed. 1663Pepys Diary 19 Dec., I find him in talk a sober, considering man. 1719De Foe Crusoe (1840) II. viii. 178, I shewed myself less considering for them. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xxiv. (1824) 664 You have judged erroneously..resumed the Marchesa with the same considering air. 1884E. White in Chr. World 17 July 538/5 Any considering man must feel a pang in so declining.
▪ III. conˈsidering, prep. etc.
[An absolute use of the pres. pple. or vbl. n.; cf. concerning, regarding, notwithstanding, etc. The pple. would be expected originally to be in concord with the subject of a sentence, as in ‘considering his youth, we were surprised at his attainments’; but clear examples of this are not numerous, and as the construction with the pa. pple. considered (see consider 12) was prob. earlier, it is possible that this arose from it by simple substitution of the active for the passive, without reference to any particular subject. Cf. F. considéré, à considérer.]
1. Construed as a preposition, with simple obj.: When one considers; taking into account, having regard to, in view of.
c1386Chaucer Frankl. T. Prol. 3 And gentilly I preise wel thy wit, Quod the ffrankeleyn, considerynge thy yowthe, So feelyngly thou spekest, sire, I allowthe. c1440Generydes 1617, I shall neuer assent to this mater, Consideryng what he hath proferyd her[e]. 1481Caxton Orat. G. Flaminius Epil., Me thynketh..ouer grete a losse of suche a man, consyderyng his estate and connyng. 1580Baret Alv. C 1097 Considering the time of day. 1632J. Lee Short Surv. Sweden 89 Considering then his young yeares..we may most justly wonder. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §324 [They] suffered very little, considering their exposure. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 289 It is scarcely possible to act otherwise, considering the frailty of human nature.
†b. with of. Obs. rare.
a1593Marlowe Massacr. Paris i. iii. Wks. (Rtldg.) 229/1 Your grace was ill-advis'd to take them, then, Considering of these dangerous times.
2. with obj. clause. Taking into account the fact that, seeing that (how, etc.). That may be omitted, leaving considering in conjunctional construction.
1413Lydg. Pilgr. Sowle i. xxi. (1859) 22 Conciderynge al be hit soo that I haue mysdone, I haue att al tymes borne sad feyth and hope. 1454Paston Lett. No. 223. I. 311 Cosetheryng that youre doutyr is desendyd of hym be the modyr syde. c1500Lancelot 2165 Considering the diuerss knychtis fere Ar of wncouth and strang landis here. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. ii. 64 The place [is] death, considering who thou art, If any of my kinsmen find thee here. 1749F. Smith Voy. Discov. N.-W. Pass. III. 237 The Evening was pleasant, and also warm, considering we were amongst Ice. 1883G. Lloyd Ebb & Flow I. 22, I should think you would be, considering how she always spoils you.
3. ellipt. Considering the circumstances; taking everything into account: used advb. (colloq.)
1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 104 No, said I, pretty well, sir, considering.—None of your considerings, said he, pretty face. 1784Mrs. Piozzi in Piozziana 27 June, My daughters parted with me at last prettily enough considering (as the phrase is). 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 32 We went on very prosperously, considering; as people say of a young lady's drawing, or a Frenchman's English, or a woman's tragedy. 1884Pall Mall G. 24 Sept. 4/2 It was agreed on all hands that they had ‘done very well, considering’. |