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ˈevil-ˈdoing, vbl. n.
[f. evil n. + doing.]
The action of doing evil.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. xxxvii. (1495) 436 In theyr euyll doyng they vse theyr hertes. 1526–34Tindale 1 Pet. iii. 17 It is better..that ye suffre for well doynge then for evyll doynge [1611 euill doing, 1881 (Rev.) evil doing]. 1682Sec. Plea Nonconf. 59 His Approbation, which he never gave to Evil-doing. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) I. 576 The penalties annexed to evil-doing. |