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▪ I. daunting, vbl. n.|ˈdɔːntɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb daunt; vanquishing; taming; caressing; discouragement, intimidation.
c1400Rom. Rose 4032 Man may for no dauntyng Make a sperhauke of a bosarde. c1440Promp. Parv. 115 Dawntynge, or grete chersynge, focio. 1581Mulcaster Positions xli. (1887) 235 It is a great daunting to the best able man. 1654E. Johnson Wond. Work. Provid. 117 To the danting of every proud heart.
▪ II. ˈdaunting, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That daunts: intimidating, etc.; see the verb.
a1300Cursor M. 21343 (Cott.) Leon dantand harsk and herd. c1585Faire Em iii. 1052 As for his menacing and daunting threats. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 467 A daunting and commanding authority over the consciences of men. 1847Emerson Poems, Monadnoc Wks. (Bohn) I. 439 Open the daunting map beneath.
Hence ˈdauntingly adv., ˈdauntingness.
1794Burns M'Pherson's Farewell, Sae dauntingly gaed he. 1613–18Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 4 (D.) As one who well knew..how the first euents are those which incusse a daungtingnesse or daring. |