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Webster 1913 Edition


Touching

Touch′ing

(tŭch′ĭng)
,
Adj.
Affecting; moving; pathetic;
as, a
touching
tale
.
Touch′ing-ly
(#)
,
adv.

Touch′ing

,
p
rep.
Concerning; with respect to.
Now, as
touching
things offered unto idols.
1 Cor. viii. 1.

Touch′ing

,
Noun.
The sense or act of feeling; touch.

Webster 1828 Edition


Touching

TOUCHING

,
ppr.
tuch'ing. Coming on contact with; hitting; striking; affecting.
1.
Concerning; relating to; with respect to.
Now as touching things offered to idols-- 1 Cor.8.
2.
a. Affecting; moving; pathetic.

TOUCHING

,
Noun.
tuch'ing. Touch; the sense of feeling.

Definition 2024


touching

touching

English

Verb

touching

  1. present participle of touch

Adjective

touching (comparative more touching, superlative most touching)

  1. Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
    a touching story

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Noun

touching (plural touchings)

  1. The act by which something is touched.
    • 2011, Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
      But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.

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