suing

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suing¹

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of sue

suing²

Where it comes from

Compare French suer (“to sweat”).

noun suings

  1. countable, uncountable The act of one who sues for something. […] her husband's increased and more frequent storms of passion, unfollowed by any halcyon and honeymoon suings for forgiveness […]
  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable The process of soaking through anything. In 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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Closest in meaning: suit, prosecution, continuing, attacking, prosecuting, cause, issuance, issuing, action, application, soliciting, legal action, pursuit, petitioning, claiming, invocation

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@misc{suing_2026,
  title = {suing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}