Old men who mump their passion. --Goldsmith.
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2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.
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3. To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Mump — Mump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumping}.] 1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. [1913 Webster] Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mumping — Mump Mump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumping}.] 1. To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly. [1913 Webster] Old men who mump their passion. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jean-Joseph Surin — (February 9, 1600, Bordeaux mdash;April 21, 1665, Bordeaux) was a French Jesuit mystic, preacher, devotional writer and exorcist. His is remembered for his participation in the exorcisms of Loudun in 1634 37.Surin was reared in a cloister. At the … Wikipedia
