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ˈsonneting, vbl. n.
[f. sonnet n. or v.]
1. The composition of sonnets; the result of this.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. iii. 158 None but Minstrels like of Sonnetting. 1597Bp. Hall Sat. i. vii, Then poures he forth in patched Sonettings His loue. 1622Wither Philarete (1633) K ij, Whilst Great Britaines Shepheards sing English in their Sonnetting. 1649Milton Eikon. 64 He ascribes all vertue to his Wife, in Straines that come almost to Sonnetting. 1885Blackw. Mag. June 790 To the rage for sonneting, so prevalent in his time, Shakespeare makes frequent reference in his plays. 1889Lang Lett. Lit. 151 The soldiers have quite forsworn sonneting.
2. Celebration in a sonnet or sonnets.
1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 304 Two whole pages..that praise the Remonstrant even to the soneting of his fresh cheeks, quick eyes,..and nimble invention.
3. Singing, warbling.
a1645W. Browne Thirsis Praise Wks. 1869 II. 282 Leavie Groves now mainely ring, With each sweet birds sonnetting. |