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▪ I. redeeming, vbl. n.|rɪˈdiːmɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the vb. redeem, in various senses.
c1470Henry Wallace vi. 195 Quhar gret dulle is, bot redemyng agayne, Newyn off it is bot ekyng off payne. 1535Coverdale Ruth iv. 7 This was an olde custome in Israel concernynge the redemynge & chaunginge. 1575Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 425 For redeming and ramsoning of the Illes of Aren which..[are] in mortgadge and other wyse in pledge. 1604E. Grimstone Hist. Siege Ostend 187 They parled about the redeeming of prisoners. 1643Milton Divorce Pref., That tends to the redeeming and restoring of none but such as are the object of compassion.
▪ II. reˈdeeming, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That redeems, in various senses of the vb. Commonly used with feature, quality, etc.
1754Wesley Hymns (ed. 3) xlv, I shall live to prove..The length and breadth..Of thy redeeming love. 1827Pollok Course T. v. 738 Redeeming features in the face of Time. 1836Marryat Japhet xxxi, The major, with all his faults, had redeeming qualities. 1862Stanley Jewish Ch. (1877) I. xiii. 261 The disorder of their times sets forth the more clearly the one redeeming element of trust. |