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▪ I. justifying, vbl. n.|ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. justify v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. justify.
a. The action of making, proving, or accounting just; justification.
1382Wyclif Rom. iv. 25 The which is bitakun for oure synnes, and roos aȝen for oure iustifyinge. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 59 This excuse is so..large, that it may extend as well to the iustifying of the absurdest errours. a1769R. Riccaltoun Notes Galatians 109 Justifying implies more than bare pardon. It supposes a judicial procedure.
†b. Condemnation; execution. Sc. Obs.
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1899) I. 183 To saif the lordis from iustifieing in the Kingis furie.
†2. An ordinance; = justification 2. Obs.
1382Wyclif Ps. cxviii. [cxix.] 5 Wolde God weren dressid my weies; to be kept thi iustifiyngus. 1395Purvey Remonstr. 32 That thei kepe the iustifyingis of God, and seken out his comaundementis. 1526Tindale Heb. ix. 1 That fyrst tabernacle verely had iustifyinges and servynges off God.
3. In Type-founding and Printing: see justify v. 9. justifying-stick, an attachment to a typesetting machine for justifying the lines.
1671–2T. Marshall Let. to Dr. Fell 19 Jan. (in H. Hart Cent. Typogr. Oxford 166/2) Y⊇ Founders..have no regard to cutting and justifying, unless perhaps to supply a Defect, or two. 1683[see justify v. 9].
▪ II. ˈjustifying, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That justifies (in senses of the verb).
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 31 The grace of iustificacyon, or grace iustifyenge. 1585Hooker Serm. Justif. §3 There is a iustifying and sanctifying righteousnes here. 1701Norris Ideal World ii. ii. 64 This is no warrantable or justifying reason. 1865Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 5 The Lutheran doctrine..that ‘justifying faith is that whereby a person believes himself to be justified’.
Hence ˈjustifyingly adv., in a justifying manner.
1711Peace in Divinity 3 The unregenerate Man believes historically, though not justifyingly. |