putting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From put + -ing.

HIS KINDNESS OF HEART PUTTING TWO YOUNG BIRDS BACK IN THE NEST Mr. Lincoln's tender-heartedness was the subject of much amusement among his fellow attorneys. — The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln, Wayne Whipple
She’s been asleep all the evening on the sofa in her own room.” Putting together what I observed for myself in the library, and what I have just heard from Laura’s maid, one conclusion seems inevitable. — The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
A devil is behind here, who doth cleave us Thus cruelly, unto the falchion’s edge Putting again each one of all this ream, When we have gone around the doleful road; By reason that our wounds are closed again Ere any one in front of him repass. — Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell, Dante Alighieri

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