English Explanatory Dictionary

witching

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.
  2. Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
  3. Bewitching, enchanting.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of witch
noun
  1. gerund of witch: an act of witchcraft.

Word forms

witching more witching most witching witchings

Etymology

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

Synonyms

mystical sorcerous witchy wizardlike magical mystic numinous sortilegious thaumaturgic witching magicianlike magicianly magiciany weird witchish witchlike witchly wizardly wizardy captivating charming delightful fascinating bewitchment fascination ensorcellment bewitching spellcasting enchanting enchantment incantation witchery

Derived words

triple witching hour witching hour quadruple witching triple witching water witching
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