vbl. sb. [f. CARE v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb CARE.

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1553.  Grimalde, Cicero’s Offices, II. (1558), 87. No painfulnesse, no diligence, no caring.

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1607.  Hieron, Wks., I. 318. A caring and studying to prooue what is the good will of God.

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1633.  P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., VI. xxxv. Daintie joyes laugh at white-headed caring.

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a. 1797.  H. Walpole, Lett., I. 39 (L.). If the god of indolence is a mightier deity with you than the god of caring for one.

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