witching

comparative more witching · superlative most witching

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.

   a. 1822 (date written), John Keats, “[Supplementary Verses.] A Prophecy: To George Keats in America.”, in [Horace Elisha Scudder], editor, The Complete Poetical Works and Letters of John Keats, Cambridge edition, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1899, →OCLC, page 249, column 1

   Synonyms: mystical, sorcerous, witchy, wizardlike, magical, mystic, mystical, numinous

2. Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
3. archaicBewitching, 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?

   1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds

   Synonyms: captivating, charming, delightful, fascinating

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of witch

plural witchings

1. countablegerunduncountablegerund 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.

   2002, Christine Gentry, When Spirits Walk, page 28

   Synonyms: bewitchment, fascination, ensorcellment, bewitching, bewitchment, spellcasting, enchanting, enchantment