[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. EXTENUATE. (For quot. cf. sense 6 of vb.)
1671. H. M., trans. Erasm. Colloq., 397. A too sollicitous extenuating thy provision, is all one as if thou should boast of it.
[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. EXTENUATE. (For quot. cf. sense 6 of vb.)
1671. H. M., trans. Erasm. Colloq., 397. A too sollicitous extenuating thy provision, is all one as if thou should boast of it.
