higheringadj.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪ(ə)rɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: higher adj., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < higher adj. + -ing suffix². Compare later higher v. 2.

Now rare.

Becoming higher; rising, ascending. Chiefly with modifying adverb.

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1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 4 To sweep In ever-highering eagle-circles up To the great Sun of Glory.

1898 National Rev. Oct. 241 Every element of individual wisdom, virtue love, develops in infinite evolution toward an ever-highering hope.

1904 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 18 197 The series of highering circles is not shown in the diagram after the fifth circle.

1909 B. Hall Life, & Love & Peace 284 There must be denial of the lower self, time after time, until the slowly highering self has become one with that which includes all things.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	highering
释义	higheringadj. Brit. /ˈhʌɪ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhaɪ(ə)rɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: higher adj., -ing suffix². Etymology: < higher adj. + -ing suffix². Compare later higher v. 2. Now rare. Becoming higher; rising, ascending. Chiefly with modifying adverb. ΚΠ 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 4 To sweep In ever-highering eagle-circles up To the great Sun of Glory. 1898 National Rev. Oct. 241 Every element of individual wisdom, virtue love, develops in infinite evolution toward an ever-highering hope. 1904 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 18 197 The series of highering circles is not shown in the diagram after the fifth circle. 1909 B. Hall Life, & Love & Peace 284 There must be denial of the lower self, time after time, until the slowly highering self has become one with that which includes all things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1872
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