Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Looking
look (-ed, -eth, -ing, -s)loom
looking, verbal n. [see look, v.]
- Beholding; searching visually; gazing fixedly; choosing to direct sight to.
- Phrase. “looking back”: retrospection; reflection; remembering; meditation.
- Phrase. “Looking on”: observation; watching passively; being a mere spectator.
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