SPRINGING, participle present tense Arising; shooting up; leaping; proceeding; rousing. Sprining use, in law, a contingent use; a use which may arise upon a contingency. SPRINGING, noun 1. The act or process of leaping, arising, issuing or proceeding. 2. Growth; increase. Psalms 65:10. 3. In building, the side of an arch contiguous to the part on which it rests.
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