Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.

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  • noun The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.

Etymologies

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down +‎ sitting

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Examples

  • Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; thou understandest my thought afar off.

    Psalms 139. 1999

  • In multitude and solitude, in business and leisure, in my downsitting and in my uprising, may I ever be aware of Thine accompanying presence.

    A Diary Of Private Prayer John Baillie 1977

  • In multitude and solitude, in business and leisure, in my downsitting and in my uprising, may I ever be aware of Thine accompanying presence.

    A Diary Of Private Prayer John Baillie 1977

  • Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising, thou understandest my thoughts afar off.

    An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism Joseph Stump

  • Elizabeth's proposed visit to Cheemaun, for the lady knew minutely the downsitting and the uprising of everyone in the valley.

    'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • [2] Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;

    CXXXIX. Book V 1909

  • Only at dawn and dusk, the thin note of the temple bell, the chanting of priests, and the unearthly minor wail of conches, announce the downsitting and uprising of the little stone image of godhead, housed in a picturesque temple that nestles among low trees, beside the Holy Lake, at the southern end of the glade.

    The Great Amulet Maud Diver 1906

  • Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

    The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Charles Ebert Orr 1897

  • Ye're to have Glendochart estates for your life, with remainder, as is natural, to any family there may be; and it's a very fine downsitting, a great deal better house than this, and a heap of arable land.

    Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

  • And upon that same day of the assize, about half an hour before the downsitting of the justice Court, Mr. David Dickson, minister at Irvine, and Mr. George Dunbar, minister of Air, having gone to

    Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft 1885

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