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springing

/ˈspɹɪŋɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. That springs or spring.
  2. That takes effect only after the incapacity of the grantor or some other definite future act or circumstance. (US)
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Misfortunes springing from ourselves are the hardest to bear.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 56 · B2
“It can’t be a coincidence,” he cried, at last springing from his chair and pacing wildly up and down the room; “it is impossible that it should be a mere coincidence.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 73 · B2
One passed at the moment, which he hailed; he gave his address to the driver, and springing in, threw himself on the seat, and gave loose to dreams of ambition.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 108 · C1
And the springing of the flowers;
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 22 · C1

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