Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Honeying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Honey \Hon"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Honeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Honeying}.]
To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use
endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or
complimentary; to fawn. ``Honeying and making love.'' --Shak.
Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a
lord. --Tennyson.
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