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suppressing, vbl. n.|səˈprɛsɪŋ|
[f. suppress + -ing1.]
= suppression (chiefly in sense 1).
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 460 In suppressing of kynges state and destroyynge of obediens of prestis to lordis. a1475Ashby Active Policy 417 Ye must subdewe with al suppressyng Euery persoune..Pretendyng right to your coronacion. 1542–5Brinklow Lament. (1874) 120 Your euell suppressynge of the pore. 1561Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 186 For the suppressing of malefactouris. 1591Webbe in Wilmot Tancred & Gismund *3 b, The suppressing of this Tragedie, so worthy for y⊇ presse. 1635(title) A Proclamation for the Suppressing of profane Swearing and Cursing. a1699Temple Ess., Popular Discont. ii. Wks. 1720 I. 265 Some more effectual way..for preventing or suppressing of common Thefts and Robberies. 1711Addison Spect. No. 135 ⁋12 The suppressing of several Particles which must be produced in other Tongues to make a Sentence intelligible. 1753Scots Mag. XV. 66/2 The suppressing of this insurrection.
So suppressing ppl. a., that suppresses (in quot., ? oppressing: cf. suppress v. 6).
1632Lithgow Trav. x. 456 O foolish pride, O suppressing ambition! |