expressing, vbl. n.
(ɛkˈsprɛsɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. express; the action a. of pressing out, pressing out the contents of; b. of representing, uttering, or manifesting (thoughts, meanings, etc.). Now gerundial.
| 1530 Palsgr. Introd. 17 No parte of the vowell, at his expressyng, shulde passe forth by the mowth. 1627 Lisander & Cal. i. 4 Pleasant beyond expressing. a 1631 Donne Lett. (1651) 260, I cannot hope for better expressings (in Poems) than I have given of them. 1668 Wilkins Real Char. 355 The expressing of any one syllable in a word, with a little higher tune, and longer time then others. 1889 Pall Mall G. 6 May 2/1 The..expressing of seed for oils. |