hexing

SayHEK-sing/ˈhɛksɪŋ/

Noun pluralhexings

2 meanings of hexing

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of hex.
Fans accused the rival coach of hexing their team after three straight losses.
The villagers were convinced someone was hexing their wells.
Note
English never doubles a final x, so the ending goes straight on: hexing, not hexxing. After be it is the participle (someone was hexing the wells); after a preposition it is the gerund (accused of hexing the team). Only the spell-casting verb stands behind it, not the board space or climber's wedge also called a hex; the same spelling serves as the noun for a cursing, plural hexings.
2
nouncountable or uncountable
The act of putting a curse or evil spell on someone or something.
A rumor of hexing was enough to turn the whole village against the old herbalist.
The play opens with the hexing of a young prince by his jealous aunt.
Similarcursing, bewitchment

hexing is a form of hex

hex, verb: To cast an evil spell on someone or something; to bewitch. Full entry

Forms: hexhexes he/she/ithexing -ing formhexed past tense, past participle
Spelling: hex → hexing: add -ing

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