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Oppressing
Oppress (v)
OED Oppressing n. Now rare. = oppression, in various senses.
Cf. Oppression n. †5., in same sense.
a1382 (OED)
The Gout is a greife in some by [/8./] way of oppressing the part;
when as it commeth of a cold humor, and this kinde is incident
most to old men, who abound in cold humors, by reason of the
decay of naturall heat. Holland, Gutta.
2 (all of them verbal gerunds)
Nominalization Oppression
Base
< Anglo-Norman oppression, (...) < oppress–, past participial
stem of opprimere (to oppress) + –iō (–ation)
Definition OED Oppression n. †5. Chiefly poet. The action of pressing or
weighing down; pressure, weight, burden. Obs. Cf. also
Oppressing n., in same sense.
Earliest attestation 1490 (OED)
Example
The seconde is, that in the time of concussion or oppression, the
softe members or limmes should not be hurt of the harde: (...).
Vicary, Anatomie.
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Nominalization Ordering
Base
Order (v)
Definition OED Ordering n. The action of order (in various senses); (also)
an instance of this.
Earliest attestation c1350 (c1333) (OED)
Example [}Pet.}] How many poyntes are there to be obserued in the [/26./]
curation of wounds? [}Ioh.}] Fiue, in ordering of vniversall
remedies, with good [^p.282^] regiment of life, and good ayre,
which must be hote and temperate: (...). Lowe, Art.
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Nominalization Origination
Base
< classical Latin orīginātiō (...) < orīgin–, orīgō (origing) + –ātiō
(–ation) as if < a verb originare (to originate)
Definition OED Origination n. 1. a. Coming into existence, commencement,
beginning (in reference to cause or source); rise, origin.
Earliest attestation c1443 (OED)
Example
Which Histories, if well consider’d, and the tre, substance, an
manner of growing, if well examin’d, would, I am very apt to
believe, much confirm this my conjecture about the origination
of Cork. Hooke, Life.
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