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Webster 1828 Edition


Fasting

F'ASTING

,
ppr.
Abstaining from food.

F'ASTING

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Noun.
The act of abstaining from food.

Definition 2024


fasting

fasting

See also: fästing

English

Verb

fasting

  1. present participle of fast

Noun

fasting (countable and uncountable, plural fastings)

  1. abstinence from food
    • H. G. Wells, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
      Immediately after that affair Lady Wondershoot, casting about for exemplary additions to the abuse and fastings she had inflicted, issued a Ukase. She issued it first to her butler, and very suddenly, so that she made him jump.
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