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▪ I. impairing, vbl. n.|ɪmˈpɛərɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb impair; making worse, deterioration, impairment.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 389 It is enpeyringe not oonly of oone estate of þe chirche, but of alle þre. c1450Doctr. Galienis in Jyll of Breyntford (Ballad Soc.) 39 With-oute þenpeyring of þy persone. 1513Douglas æneis Concl. 10 And heir my nayme remane, but enparing. 1618Latham 2nd Bk. Falconry (1633) 7 Other dangers that may grow to the great impairing of her health. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. 174 The impairing of any one part must..tend to the disorder and ruin of other parts.
▪ II. impairing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That impairs.
1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. (1667) 176 That Impairing Alteration of Texture we call Rottennesse. |