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Witching

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
  3. 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?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the use or practice of witchcraft wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of witch form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.

Etymology 3

From Middle English wicchinge, from Old English wiċċung (“witching, witchcraft”), equivalent to witch + -ing.

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