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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.