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having

  • /ˈhævɪŋ/
  • /ˈhævɪŋɡ/
  • [ˈhævɪŋɡ]

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of have

noun havings

  1. countable, uncountable The act of possessing; ownership. He thus came to think of perceiving as a complex of 'havings,' not a complex of 'havings' and 'doings.'
  2. countable, uncountable Something owned; possession; goods; estate. Out of my lean and low ability I’ll lend you something: my having is not much; I’ll make division of my present with you: Hold, there’s half my coffer.
  3. countable, obsolete, uncountable A person's behaviour.
  4. Scotland, countable, in plural, obsolete, uncountable Good manners.

adjective more having · most having

  1. obsolete Grasping; greedy. The new man in Humanity, which is the communication of the Son of Man Who is the Interceder, is an asking man, although it is not a greedy and a having man.

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