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OED Relaxing n. The action of relax; an instance of this.
?a1425 (OED)
(...) whereas the fire does soften the Iron it self which is a metal
not an Ore agitating its parts, and making them the more flexible,
and by relaxing its pores, disposes it to be easily and plentifully
pervaded by the Magnetical steams of the Earth, from which it
may not improbably be thought to receive the verticity it
acquires; (...). Boyle, Magnetism.
1 (verbal gerund)
Nominalization Remaining
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Remain (v)
Definition OED Remaining n. 2. a. The action or fact of remaining in a place
or state; an instance of this.
Earliest attestation 1496 (OED)
Example
The first is, if there bee two contrary diseases, whereoff the cure
of the one letteth the other (which is most doubtfull and
daungerous if it remayne) in such case as hee ought to beginne
his cure at the most daungerous, and where there is most peryll
in the remayninge of it, (...). Chauliac, Qvydos.
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Nominalization Remission
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< Anglo-Norman remissiun, (...) < remiss–, past participial stem
of remittere (to remit) + –iō (–ation)
Definition OED Remission n. 5. a. Diminution or reduction of effect or
force; decrease or abatement of a condition or quality, such as
heat, cold, etc.; (also) an instance of this.
Earliest attestation a1398 (OED)
Example
For in Synochus there is no remission of heate: but in Synoches
ther is sensible remission in euery fytte. Jones, Dial.
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Removing
Remove (v)
OED Removing n. 1. The action of removing or taking away;
removal of (something); an instance of this.
a1398 (OED)
So that a Bastard Consumption is curable with ease, because it's
no more than a superficial and growing malady, relating to the
consumed fleshy parts; but the other implyes a very difficult cure,
not by restoring the Spermatick parts, (which as we shewed in the
preceeding Chapter is impossible;) but only by stenting and
removing the corruption of the forementioned essentials.
Harvey, Morbus.
3 (all of them verbal gerunds)
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