Biasing ppl. a.

[f. as prec. + -ING².] a. That gives a bias. † b. That moves obliquely, oblique.

1658.  Ussher, Ann., vi. 98. The Loxodromie, or biassing motions of the stars, in the Zodiac.

1861.  H. Macmillan, Footn. Page Nat., 242. [These] operate as biassing influences.