suppressing, vbl. n.
(səˈprɛsɪŋ)
[f. suppress + -ing1.]
= suppression (chiefly in sense 1).
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 460 In suppressing of kynges state and destroyynge of obediens of prestis to lordis. a 1475 Ashby Active Policy 417 Ye must subdewe with al suppressyng Euery persoune..Pretendyng right to your coronacion. 1542–5 Brinklow Lament. (1874) 120 Your euell suppressynge of the pore. 1561 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 186 For the suppressing of malefactouris. 1591 Webbe in Wilmot Tancred & Gismund *3 b, The suppressing of this Tragedie, so worthy for y⊇ presse. 1635 (title) A Proclamation for the Suppressing of profane Swearing and Cursing. a 1699 Temple Ess., Popular Discont. ii. Wks. 1720 I. 265 Some more effectual way..for preventing or suppressing of common Thefts and Robberies. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 135 ¶12 The suppressing of several Particles which must be produced in other Tongues to make a Sentence intelligible. 1753 Scots Mag. XV. 66/2 The suppressing of this insurrection. |
So suppressing ppl. a., that suppresses (in quot., ? oppressing: cf. suppress v. 6).
| 1632 Lithgow Trav. x. 456 O foolish pride, O suppressing ambition! |