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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: -ing \-ing\ 1. [For OE -and, -end, -ind, AS -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr ?.] A suffix used to from present participles; as singing, playing. 2. [OE. -ing, AS -ing, -ung.] A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of the result of the act as riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as shipping, clothing. Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing. 3. [AS. -ing.] A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as lording, farthing. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ing \Ing\, n. [AS. ing.] A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low near a river. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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