[f. as prec. + -ING2.]
1. That changes (intr.); undergoing alteration; varying, inconstant; that changes color.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., B. 1588. Suche a chaungande chaunce.
1340. Ayenb., 104. Alle oþre þinges byeþ chonginde.
1583. Babington, Commandm., v. (1637), 42. So times are changed to and fro, and changing times have changed us too.
1633. P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., I. xxxvii. Every changing scene.
1660. Boyle, Seraph. Love, § xxv. (1700), 152. Such as arises from the fixt beholding of the changing-necks of Doves.
1880. M. Collins, Th. in Garden, I. 216. The sea … always changing, yet unchangeable.
Mod. A changing-coloured silk.
2. That changes (trans.); causing alteration.
1707. Hearne, Collect., 27 Sept. II. 53. Time changing, sneaking People.
1809. Campbell, Gertrude, II. xxi. The changing hand of time.
Changing vbl. sb.2; see CHANG v.
