Spire, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spired p. pr. & vb. n. Spiring.] To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms. --Mortimer.
Spir·ing a. Shooting up in a spire or spires. “The spiring grass.”
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