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Definition of Spiring
1. a. Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Definition of Spiring
1. Adjective. Shooting up in a spire or spires. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spiring
1. spire [v] - See also: spire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiring
Literary usage of Spiring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1884)
"... crew by spiring and Blommaert in Holland, and commanded by a Dutch captain,
Cornelis van Vliet, who had been for several years in the Swedish service. ..."
2. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware: Their History and Relation to the by Amandus Johnson (1911)
"He did not accompany spiring to Stralsund, when the latter ... The plan, as
already presented to Peter spiring, was to make a voyage to certain places well ..."
3. Immortality, a Study of Belief, and Earlier Addresses by William Newton Clarke (1920)
"spiring, prosaic, barren. Unmeasured aspiration, desires too great for
words, "groanings that cannot be uttered," longings that reach out into the ..."
4. Herodotus by Herodotus (1812)
"Falsehood is prompted by views of in- " terest, and the language of truth is
dictated by " some promised benefit, or by the hope of in- " spiring confidence ..."
5. The Digest of Canadian Criminal Case Law: Comprising the Reported Cases on by George Edward McCrossan, Samuel Davies Schultz, Andrew Miller Harper (1908)
"... spiring to injure a non-unionist workman, | В., by depriving him of his employment,
... spiring ..."
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