Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ministering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minister \Min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ministered}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Ministering}.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr.
L. ministrare. See {Minister}, n.]
To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
He that ministereth seed to the sower. --2 Cor. ix.
10.
We minister to God reason to suspect us. --Jer. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ministering
adj : serving attendance on someone; "a ministering angel"; "the
angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician"
[syn: {ministrant}, {attending}]
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