Witching
adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 gerund of witch: an act of witchcraft. form-of, gerund
"There was a lot of information to draw upon because his occupation exposed him to more witchings every month than most individuals experienced in a life time."
- 2 the use or practice of witchcraft wordnet
- 1 present participle and gerund of witch form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.
"'Tis the witching time of night, / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the Stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen."
- 2 Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
- 3 Bewitching, enchanting. archaic
"But who is this witching beauty by his side, who would fain impress you with a belief that that mischief which will not remain concealed for the briefest period, is not her entire composition?"
- 1 possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers wordnet
Example
More examples"I walked through the deserted streets around the witching hour."
Etymology
From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.
From Middle English wicchinge, from Old English wiċċung (“witching, witchcraft”), equivalent to witch + -ing.
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