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witching

adj

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from wiċċung — “witching, witchcraft”
  2. inherited from wicchinge

Definitions

  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

    Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.

  3. 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?
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. present participle and gerund of witch

    2. gerund of witch

      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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for witching. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA