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sheltering |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shelter \Shel"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheltered}; p. pr & vb n. {Sheltering}.] 1. To be a shelter for to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect. Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. --Dryden. You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. --Southey. 2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise. In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name --Prior. 3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place -- used reflexively. They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp. Abbot.
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