Fasting
['fɑːstɪŋ] or ['fæstɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fast
Typed by Aldo
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fast, abstinence from food.
Typed by Cecil
Examples
- By this time, fasting and fretting had made poor Meyler seriously unwell. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They'll have a day of fasting appointed for this backsliding, if you become a slaveholder! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This, the student was to swallow upon a fasting stomach, and for three days following, eat nothing but bread and water. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- And now, mother, said he, turning to Rachel, hurry thy preparations for these friends, for we must not send them away fasting. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- To say our orisons, fool, answered the Pilgrim, to repent our sins, and to mortify ourselves with fastings, vigils, and long prayers. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typist: Ora