witching
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
Definition of witching
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
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adj
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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.”
- Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
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(archaic)Bewitching, enchanting.
“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?”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of witch
noun
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(form-of, gerund)gerund of witch: an act of witchcraft.
“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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.
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