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Webster 1913 Edition

Towering

Tow′er-ing

,

Adj.

1.

Very high; elevated; rising aloft;

as, a

towering

height

.

Pope.

2.

Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.

A man agitated by a

towering

passion.

Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Towering

TOW'ERING

,

ppr.

Rising aloft; mounting high; soaring.

1.

a. Very high; elevated; as a towering highth.