securingn.
/sᵻˈkjʊərɪŋ/, /sᵻˈkjɔːrɪŋ/, U.S. /səˈkjʊ(ə)rɪŋ/ The action or fact of securing something (in various senses of the verb); an instance of this. Chiefly with of.
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1602 Extremities Vrging Sir F. Veare to Anti-parle 6 For the better securing thereof with few men if the enemy shold attempt vs.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 97 So much may suffice for the securing of doores and windowes.
1729 S. Clarke Expos. of Church-catechism iii. 207 For upon the securing of men's Properties, depends all Humane Society.
1788 Edinb. Mag. Jan. 15/2 The securing of His favour who can lead me from the vale of misery to the waters of comfort and the fountain of life.
1798 Parl. Reg. 1797–1802 IV. 17 There might be some hope of securing our interests there, if they were worth the securing.
1846 Law Times 6 June 206/1 That arrangement could not properly be called a securing of the debt.
1898 Massillon (Ohio) Independent 1 Sept. 2/2 The first step in the making of the average grade of process butter is the securing of the spoiled natural butter.
1907 L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Agric. II. 606 When the cane can be ratooned for a long series of years, the securing of sufficient first-class seed is an easy matter.
1932 Times 22 Nov. 4/5 The Legislature implied the impounding of the goods as a securing of them.
1989 S. A. Fox Keys to Incorporating xiii. 51 The classic preincorporation agreement involves the securing of subscriptions..to buy a stated number of unissued shares.
2003 L. Moss What Genes can't Do iii. 99 The securing of genetic information in some solid-state array.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
securingadj.
/sᵻˈkjʊəɪŋ/, /sᵻˈkjɔːɪŋ/, U.S. /səˈkjʊ(ə)rɪŋ/ That secures, in various senses of secure v.; that makes a person or thing secure.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > making safe
securing1611
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > that holds fast
securing1798
anchoring1879
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xii. 321/2 Euer since they [sc. the Britons] had..betaken themselues to those vast, but securing Mountaines.
1643 J. Milton Soveraigne Salve 35 The only sure and securing way to follow.
1798 Times 28 June 1/1 Drawing papers, pallets, gold and silver paper, copal and securing varnish.
1815 G. Crabbe Let. 9 Sept. in Sel. Lett. & Jrnls. (1985) ii. 186 I have Horrors of the Sea..[which] would I fear keep me on the safe & sane side of the securing Channel.
1940 War Illustr. 2 Feb. 41 The spring-loaded magazine A containing 30 rounds is clipped on to the gun by means of securing-catch B.
2008 U.S. Fed. News (Nexis) 7 Jan. Optical fiber securing plates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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