▪ I. redressing, vbl. n.1
(rɪˈdrɛsɪŋ)
[f. redress v.1]
The action of redress v.1 in various senses.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. i. xvi. 86 It nedith forto haue a redressing of it into accordaunce with lawe of kinde. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 169 b, For redressynge and releuynge of mannes necessytees. 1565 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 404 For redressing of the saidis billis and expenssis. 1634 Sanderson Serm. II. 292 It behoveth the magistrate to set in..for the rectifying and redressing thereof. 1693 Lond. Gaz. No. 2843/2 To take care about Redressing of the Mint. 1711–12 Swift Let. on Eng. Tongue Wks. 1755 II. i. 183 A grievance, the redressing of which is to be your own work. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. 183 Every want thus becomes a means of pleasure, in the redressing. 1884 Manch. Exam. 10 Dec. 5/2 A straight way to the redressing of grievances. |
▪ II. redressing, vbl. n.2
(riːˈdrɛsɪŋ)
[f. redress v.2]
The action or result of dressing again.
| 1889 Jacobs Aesop I. 156 The majority are a redressing of the ordinary æsop. |