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westering

[wes-ter-ing]

adjective

moving or shifting toward the west: the westering sun; a westering wind.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English; see wester², -ing²

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verb (used without object)

(of heavenly bodies) to move or tend westward.

to shift or veer toward the west.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see west, -er⁶

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westering (ˈwɛstərɪŋ)

—*adj*
	poetic moving towards the west: the westering star

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