Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bearing children; with child; pregnant.
- Figuratively, productive; fruitful: as, “the childing autumn,”
- noun Child-bearing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful.
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- adjective
Bearing children ;productive ;fruitful .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As somebody recently said, it would be nice to know what the corresponding duties of "childing" involved.
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As somebody recently said, it would be nice to know what the corresponding duties of "childing" involved.
Children and Parents 2003
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As somebody recently said, it would be nice to know what the corresponding duties of "childing" involved.
Children and Parents 2003
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The childing of Manhattan is not necessarily a good thing, as it means relatively wealthy people not leaving for the suburbs, freeing up apartments for the out of college crowd.
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The childing of Manhattan is not necessarily a good thing, as it means relatively wealthy people not leaving for the suburbs, freeing up apartments for the out of college crowd.
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Self poster-childing "how to cause pain with academic writing."
In the News gailcarriger 2008
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Scarcely were these words concluded, but she felt the custome of women to come upon her, with the paines and throwes incident to childing: wherefore, with helpe of the aged Lady, Mother to Signior
The Decameron 2004
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But, said he, or it be long too she will bring forth by God His bounty and have joy of her childing for she hath waited marvellous long.
Ulysses 2003
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Felan™s wife was childing, the news learned only weeks before.
The Lioness Berberick, Nancy Varian 2002
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But, said he, or it be long too she will bring forth by God His bounty and have joy of her childing for she hath waited marvellous long.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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