eagering

Verb

eager (third-person singular simple present eagers, present participle eagering, simple past and past participle eagered)

1. (intransitive) To be or become eager.
   • Now everybody considered it a high privilege (valued it at a high consideration) to see him and to hear him speak, and to obey his command (him commanding), whereas he, though being such a person, eagered to be unknown, and to escape notice in solitude.1864, The Fathers, Historians, and Writers of the Church, page 121
2. (intransitive) To express eagerness.
   • His hair crinkled towards her fondly. "Yes," he eagered.1924, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch - Volume 167, page 181
3. (transitive) To make or encourage to be eager
   • Physicians also admit to eagering patients to turn to specialised web sites in order to read further.2013, Andrzej Łyda, Krystyna Warchał, Occupying Niches, page 135

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