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ransoming, vbl. n.|ˈrænsəmɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. ransom.
a1300Cursor M. 4420 In kinges prisun for to lij, Wit na raunsuming to bij. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints ix. (Barthol.) 128 Þe manere of oure ransonynge. 1442in Proc. King's Counc. Irel. (Rolls) 287 Þe taking, imprisonyng and rampsonyng of the Priouer of Conale. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. 52 He..dyde great domage to the countre..by raunsomynge of the townes. 1575Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 425 For redeming and ramsoning of the Illes of Aren. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. I. 295 All the articles relative to the ransoming of the town. 1899Stalker Christol. Jesus v. 180 Such cases show clearly what ransoming was. |