fleeingn.
/ˈfliːɪŋ/ The action of flee v. in various senses.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2615 Bot in hir fleing þar sco yode, An angel hir befor stode.
c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) x Off the fleynge of oure lord Jhesu into Egypte.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xix. 336 So shall he have fleyng to the paleys of holy chirche.
1559 Abp. Hethe in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. App. vi. 8 This forsakinge and fleynge from the sea of Rome.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
fleeingadj.
/ˈfliːɪŋ/ That flees, in various senses of the verb.
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. iii. 121 Yif he be dredeful and fleynge [L. fugax].
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 108 So þat þou sulde desire fleand þingis.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) liv. 181 Suche fleynge vacabondes.
1877 Daily News 5 Nov. 4/7 A large proportion of the fleeing troops would perish in the attempt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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adj.c1374- present and correct
- present arms
- present company excepted
- present imperfect
- present money
- present one's service
- present one's service to a person
- present participle
- present perfect
- present stem
- present tense
- present the crown
- present to oneself
- present under arms
- present value
- present worth
- present-day
- present-dayness
- present-giver
- present-giving
- present-laden
- present-minded
- present-silver
- present-time
- present-use