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vespering

vespering adjective: westward; moving toward the setting sun.

Adjective

vespering (not comparable)

  1. (poetic) westward; moving toward the setting sun.
    • “O vespering bird, how do you know”1910, Thomas Hardy, The Year’s Awakening

Origin of vespering

From Latin vesper.

Questions about vespering

What does vespering mean?
Vespering means westward; moving toward the setting sun.
What part of speech is vespering?
Vespering is an adjective.

Words near vespering in the dictionary

  1. vesperated
  2. vesperates
  3. vesperating
  4. vesperian
  5. vesperies
  6. vespering
  7. vespers
  8. vespertide
  9. vespertilian
  10. vespertilionid
  11. vespertilionids

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