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English
Verb
protesting
- present participle and gerund of protest
Noun
protesting (plural protestings)
- Protestation.
- 1599, William Shakespeare (attributed), The Passionate Pilgrim, ,
- Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings,
- Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.
1688, William Mountfort, The Injur’d Lovers, London: Samuel Manship, act IV, scene 1, page 42:Are not Vows binding, do we mock the Gods,
When our Protestings summon ’em to Witness,
Whether our Words keep measure with our Hearts?
1779, Robert Jephson, The Law of Lombardy, London: T. Evans, act I, scene 1:I’ve known more way made in a woman’s grace
By such confederate arts, than could be won
By a long siege of amorous enginry,
Soft flatteries, sighs, protestings infinite,
And all the fervor of impatient love.
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