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highering

highering adjective: rising higher; ascending. Also the present participle and gerund of higher.

Adjective

highering (not comparable)

  1. Rising higher; ascending.
    • Heaven yield her for it, but in me put force / To weary her ears with one continuous prayer, / Until she let me fly discaged to sweep / In ever-highering eagle-circles up / To the great Sun of Glory, […]1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 38

Also used as

highering is also the present participle and gerund of higher.

Origin of highering

From higher + -ing.

Questions about highering

What does highering mean?
Highering means rising higher; ascending.
What part of speech is highering?
Highering is an adjective.

Words near highering in the dictionary

  1. higher-value
  2. higher-velocity
  3. higherarchies
  4. higherarchy
  5. highered
  6. highering
  7. highermost
  8. higherness
  9. highers
  10. Highertown
  11. higherup

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