[f. LIMIT v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. LIMIT; an instance of this.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Modification,… a qualifying, moderating, limiting, or releasing.
1608. Hieron, Wks., I. To Chr. Rdr. (ante 689). Forms of prayer … are aiudged to be a kind of … limiting of Gods Spirit.
1677. Gilpin, Demonol. (1867), 405. A bold limiting of the time of forty days.
