witching

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the use or practice of witchcraft
verb cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
adjective possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; ; ; ; - Shakespeare

From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.

I am blind and deaf to all--everything, save your beauties and your witching voice. — The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4, George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
Even without need of them, their witching attraction had hypnotized her to buy many of these things. — The Heather-Moon, C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
'Twas now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and graves give up their dead. — Humorous Ghost Stories, Dorothy Scarborough

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