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Definition of Abashing
1. abash [v] - See also: abash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abashing
Literary usage of Abashing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and correspondence of samuel pepys f.r.s.. by Samuel Pepys (1854)
"... and do find it the most delightful place for prospect that ever was in the
world, it even abashing me; and that is all, in short, I can say of it. ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1857)
"... has its nearest exit to the shores of Europe, almost within sight of a British
possession, it is certainly an abashing reflection that more has not been ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1897)
"... a micrometer survey of Lake Temagami, and in 1892 and 1893, with Mr. Johnston as
assistant, surveyed the western portion of Lake Nipissing, abashing and ..."
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