energingadj.
Probably a misprint for emerging adj., perhaps resulting from association with energy n. 3.
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1779 T. Smollett Regicide i. vi, in Plays & Poems 15 To stifle and repress Th' energing [1749 emerging] dictates of my native right.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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