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▪ I. owning, vbl. n.|ˈəʊnɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb own. (Now rare exc. as gerund.)
1. Possession, holding of property.
1340[see owner]. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Proprieté & appertenance, proprietie or owning. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 194 Although the heire..come to the owning and fingering of that which hee hath prepared. 1657W. Dillingham in Sir F. Vere's Comm. Pref. A iv, A copy..in the owning and possession of Major-General Skippon.
2. Acknowledgement, countenancing, etc.
c1610[see own v. 4]. 1654Cromwell Sp. 12 Sept. in Carlyle, Some owning of your call. 1695Locke Reas. Chr. (R.), The owning, and profession of one God. 1701Life Chas. I 71 Too great an owning of the Scots.
▪ II. owning, ppl. a.|ˈəʊnɪŋ|
[-ing2.]
That owns property, plant, business interests, etc.
1904Electrical Investments 7 Dec. 773/1 A set-off against any advantage the owning company may be said to secure in extra traffic by the connection. 1909Westm. Gaz. 19 Jan. 2/1 Of the five owning companies three at least have other routes which are more profitable to them. 1923M. Sadleir Desolate Splendour 80 Morvane and the literal appellation of its owning family. |