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Webster 1913 Edition
-ing
-ing
.1.
[For OE.
-and
, -end
, -ind
, AS. -ende
; akin to Goth. -and-
, L. -ant-
, -ent-
, Gr. [GREEK].] A suffix used to from present participles;
as, sing
. ing
, 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, rid
. It has also a secondary collective force; ing
, dying
, feeling
as, shipp
. ing
, clothing
☞ 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, lord
. ing
, farthing