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  • verb Present participle of confess.

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Examples

  • For what by Thy revelation we believe of Thy glory, the same do we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or separation; so that in confessing the true and eternal Godhead, in It we should adore distinction in Persons, unity in Essence, and equality in Majesty: in praise of which Angels and Archangels, Cherubim also and Seraphim ...

    Trinity Sunday: Musings 2009

  • You were firm and unbending in confessing the Orthodox Faith,

    Eastern Europe 2009

  • It has been proposed to him to make a companion to this picture, — to wit — the "Capuchin confessing to the Girl!"

    New Letters from Charles Brown to Joseph Severn 2007

  • (She, with her keen judgement of character, was deeply skeptical of any of Barrington-Coupe's motivations, even in confessing; I, with my ADHD demand for diversion and somewhat more depraved sensibilities, was disappointed that the old guy hadn't tried to keep the game going longer.)

    I wanna be a man, man-cub Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • (She, with her keen judgement of character, was deeply skeptical of any of Barrington-Coupe's motivations, even in confessing; I, with my ADHD demand for diversion and somewhat more depraved sensibilities, was disappointed that the old guy hadn't tried to keep the game going longer.)

    Archive 2007-03-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • Trust me what you are confessing is normal, so so normal.

    Our Dirty Little Secrets | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • I get tetchy when I get bored ... and since confessing is going on, I'll confess that I sometimes go out screaming and yelling at whoever's in my way how much I love, LOVE, love this book I haven't finished reading yet but you have GOT to start reading it now RIGHT NOW, this minute, this instant ....

    Vengeful Tigress or Screeching Harpie? Roger Sutton 2006

  • But the person confessing is free to acknowledge the tie, and the Kremlin did so on the president's behalf.

    The Accidental Autocrat 2005

  • But the person confessing is free to acknowledge the tie, and the Kremlin did so on the president's behalf.

    The Accidental Autocrat 2005

  • In truth, I'm not remotely romantic and in confessing this I must also add that if I were to attempt to be romantic, my wife would suspect some sort of lechery on my part.

    February 2004 2004

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