• Suing

    Origin 1

    Verb

    suing
    1. Present participle of sue

    Origin 2

    Compare French suer ("to sweat").

    Full definition of suing

    Noun

    suing

    (countable and uncountable; plural suings)
    1. The act of one who sues for something.
      • Edward Bulwer Lytton... her husband's increased and more frequent storms of passion, unfollowed by any halcyon and honeymoon suings for forgiveness ...
    2. (obsolete) The process of soaking through anything.
      • Francis BaconIn this instance, there is, upon the by, to be noted, the percolation or suing of the verjuice through the wood; for verjuice of itself would never have passed through the wood: so as, it seemeth, it must be first in a kind of vapour, before it pass.

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