amortizing, -ising, vbl. n.
(əˈmɔːtɪzɪŋ)
[f. amortize v. + -ing1.]
The conveying to mortmain.
| c 1377 Wyclif Poor Priests Wks. xix. (1879) 278 Þe sotil amortasynge of seculer lordischipis. 1530 Proper Dyaloge (1863) 26 So after the amortesyenge occupyeth y⊇ clarcke. 1618 Pulton tr. Act 27 Edw. I (1632) 78 Enquests impanelled for the amortizing Lands or Tenements. |