[f. as prec. + -ING2.]
1. That conditions; limiting, qualifying, etc.
1860. Ellicott, Life our Lord, i. 35. Who submitted for our sakes to all the conditioning circumstances of earthly life.
1886. Gurney, Phantasms of Living, II. 523. The conditioning event or state on the agent’s side.
2. Bringing into good condition or state.
1889. Advt., in Land & Water, 16 March, 7/1. Patent conditioning dog biscuit (containing bone).
† 3. Used absol. = Provided, on the condition.
1820. Scott, Ivanhoe, xl. That good grey gelding, whom I heartily wish upon his legs again, conditioning his master lay there houghed in his place.
