vbl. sb. Obs. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of injuriously affecting or impairing; weakening, deterioration, damage.
1388. Wyclif, Phil. iii. 7. Whiche thingis weren to me wynnyngis Y haue demed these apeyryngis for Crist.
1549. Coverdale, Erasm. Par. Rom. iii. 31. Thabolishement or thappayryng of the authoritie of the lawe.
1611. Cotgr., Diminution, A diminution, appairing, lessening, impairing.
