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doling
We have found lemma(root) word of doling : dole.
Definitions
[dəʊl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- benefit paid by the state to the unemployed
(e.g: they are receiving the dole)
- a person's lot or destiny
(e.g: death be his dole who worst maintains the strife)
Phrases:
- on the dole
Origin
:
Old English dāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Germanic origin; related to deal. The sense ‘distribution of charitable gifts’ dates from Middle English; the sense ‘unemployment benefit’ dates from the early 20th century
[dəʊl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- distribute shares of something
(e.g: the scanty portions of food doled out to them)
Phrases:
- on the dole
Origin
:
Old English dāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Germanic origin; related to deal. The sense ‘distribution of charitable gifts’ dates from Middle English; the sense ‘unemployment benefit’ dates from the early 20th century
[dəʊl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- sorrow; mourning
- a flock of doves
(e.g: a dole of doves adorned its tiled roof)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English: from Old French doel ‘mourning’, from popular Latin dolus, from Latin dolere ‘grieve’
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