highering

English

Etymology

From higher +‎ -ing.

Adjective

highering (not comparable)

  1. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) Rising higher; ascending.
    • 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:
      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, […]

Verb

highering

  1. present participle and gerund of higher
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