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▪ I. moˈnopolizing, vbl. n.
[f. monopolize v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. monopolize; monopolization.
a1617Hieron Wks. (1619) II. 487 An opinion will be had that that man seekes the raysing of his owne esteeme out of others blemishes, and the engrossing and monopolizing of all respect and reuerence to himselfe. 1622E. Misselden Free Trade (ed. 2) 54 Some thinke that the reducing of trade into Order and Gouernment, is a kind of Monopolizing and restraint of trade. 1712M. Henry Life P. Henry Wks. 1853 II. 714/1 This monopolizing of the great ordinance of baptism. 1747Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. (1861) II. 473 She has many friends that wish to have a share of her company, and as I am no friend to monopolizing, I can't and must not murmur at their enjoying a pleasure I am so sensible of. 1902S. Smith Life Work xvi. 149 All poverty and suffering arose from the monopolizing of land by private owners.
attrib.1792A. Young Trav. France 73 These people have the true monopolizing ideas. 1818Hallam Mid. Ages ix. ii. (1819) III. 380 The discontents..resulted from the monopolizing spirit of their corporations, who oppressed all artisans without the pale of their community. 1837― Hist. Lit. I. i. iii. §56 With that true love of letters which scorns the monopolising spirit of possession, Lorenzo permitted his manuscripts to be freely copied for the use of other parts of Europe.
▪ II. moˈnopolizing, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That monopolizes; having a monopoly.
1797Burke Let. Affairs Irel. Wks. IX. 460 A small monopolizing junto. 1825Cobbett Rur. Rides 407 This canting son of the monopolizing sect. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 75 A wall erected by some monopolizing proprietor of the neighbouring lands. 1869P. Landreth Life A. Thomson i. 17 The stir has been diverted to the monopolising railway. 1891Athenæum 24 Oct. 545/2 [Prof. Marshall pleads] for the collective good against the too pertinacious individualism of monopolizing capitalists. |