spiriting

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Verb[edit]

spiriting

  1. present participle and gerund of spirit

Noun[edit]

spiriting (plural spiritings)

  1. (literary) The action of a spirit or ghost.
    the supposed spiritings away of missing children
  2. Inspiration.
    • 1818, John Keats, Spenser! a jealous honourer of thine:
      It is impossible to escape from toil / O' the sudden and receive thy spiriting […]
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