treasuring
SayTREZH-er-ing/ˈtɹɛʒəɹɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of treasure.
Treasuring the letters from her grandmother, she reread them every winter.
He spent years treasuring a coin his father had given him.
Note
One spelling does two jobs. As a participle it builds continuous tenses (she was treasuring every letter) or opens a clause. As a gerund it fills a noun slot (her treasuring of those letters). Both carry the verb's living meanings: valuing something highly, or storing it somewhere safe. Context usually shows which one is meant. The old sense 'to enrich' is obsolete, so leave it out of modern writing.
treasuring is a form of treasure
treasure, verb: To value something highly; to consider it precious. Full entry
- Spelling
- treasure → treasuring: drop the e, add -ing
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