Bible Dictionaries
Sweeping
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.
(2):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sweep
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sweeping'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sweeping.html. 1828.