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单词 meekening
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meekeningn.

Brit. /ˈmiːkn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmiːk(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmik(ə)nɪŋ/
Forms: see meeken v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meeken v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < meeken v. + -ing suffix1.
rare.
The action or process of making meek; meek submission, abasement.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] > making humble
meekinga1333
chastening1526
meekening1537
abasing1548
humbling1549
unperching1586
remissiona1628
1537 Bible (Matthew's) Psalms li. 19 (margin) The mortifynge of the fleasshe and meakenynge of the hert.
1859–60 J. Hamilton Moses (1870) v. 86 The meekening process in the mind of God's destined agent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

meekeningadj.

Brit. /ˈmiːkn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmiːk(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmik(ə)nɪŋ/
Forms: see meeken v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meeken v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < meeken v. + -ing suffix2.
Now rare (chiefly poetic).
That makes a person meek or humble. Also in extended use.In quot. a1849 as the second element of a compound.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] > making humble
abasing1615
chastening1667
meekening1698
humblinga1732
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 46 No less rightlie illumininge, then as trulie..humblinge and mekeninge.
1698 M. Henry Disc. Meekness (1822) 166 Repentance..is very meekening.
1762 C. Wesley Happy Day of Union Sweet in Short Hymns on Select Passages I. 319 All express the meek'ning power, The Spirit of the Lamb.
a1849 E. Elliott Etheline ii. xvi, in Poet. Wks. (1876) II. 373 Soul-meekening sadness sweetly crept The region o'er.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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