"suing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: suings [plural]
Etymology: Compare French suer (“to sweat”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|suer||to sweat}} French suer (“to sweat”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} suing (countable and uncountable, plural suings)
  1. The act of one who sues for something. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-suing-en-noun-she9qrV- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 8 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 10 12
  2. (obsolete) The process of soaking through anything. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-suing-en-noun-Dcb7fzTy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} suing
  1. present participle and gerund of sue Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sue
    Sense id: en-suing-en-verb-QYYn0wID
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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