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▪ I. oppressing, vbl. n.|əˈprɛsɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of oppress v.; oppression. Now gerundial.
1388[see oppression 2]. 1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 24 Spoilinge pore men with vniust axingis, oppressingis, extortions. 1460Rolls of Parlt. V. 383/1 Ride to the oppressyng of any of the said rebellions. 1483Cath. Angl. 260/2 An Oppressynge, oppressio. 1762Woolman Wks. (1840) 220 In many ways they corrupted the law,..the oppressing of the stranger was one.
▪ II. oˈppressing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That oppresses (in senses of the vb.).
1611Bible Zeph. iii. 1 Woe..to the oppressing citie. 1649Lilburn Liberties People Eng. (ed. 2) title-p., Who, although they have beheaded the King for a Tyrant, yet walk in his oppressingest steps. a1732T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 129 They prove an oppressing load. 1820J. Brown Hist. Brit. Ch. I. vii. 228 The oppressing managers. Mod. The oppressing hand of sickness. |