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▪ I. containing, vbl. n.|kənˈteɪnɪŋ|
[f. as container + -ing1.]
†1. Behaviour, bearing; see contain 15. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce x. 284 He wes..Curtas at poynt, and debonar, And of richt sekir contenyng. 1530Palsgr. 208/1 Conteyning, contenement.
2. Holding, keeping, including, restraining.
c1440Promp. Parv. 91 Conteynynge, continencia. 1567Queen Elizabeth in Strype Ann. Ref. I. l. 544 The containing of our subjects in the uniformity of religion. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. x. 225 The containing of the Generations of Mankind in such an equability and proportion. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 127 Conteining belongs to the Material Cause.
†3. That which is contained; contents, tenor.
c1477Caxton Jason 116 The conteynyng therof was this that foloweth. 1611Shakes. Cymb. v. v. 430 This Labell..whose containing Is so from sense in hardnesse, that I can Make no Collection of it.
▪ II. conˈtaining, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That contains, holds, encloses, etc.: see the verb.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., .V. conteynyng and .v. sondry [partyes]. 1571Digges Pantom. (1591) 9 The two containing sides of the angle. 1871B. Stewart Heat §19 The nature of the containing vessel.
†b. as n. Something that contains. Obs.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Howe many partes of conteynyges, and of conteyned ben there in the brest. |