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Webster 1913 Edition
Touching
Touch′ing
(tŭch′ĭng)
, Adj.
Affecting; moving; pathetic;
– as, a
. touching
taleTouch′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.
1.
Concerning; relating to; with respect to. Now as touching things offered to idols-- 1 Cor.8.
2.
a. Affecting; moving; pathetic.TOUCHING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
touching
touching
English
Verb
touching
- present participle of touch
Adjective
touching (comparative more touching, superlative most touching)
- Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
- a touching story
Synonyms
Translations
provoking sadness and pity
Noun
touching (plural touchings)
- 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.
- 2011, Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)