had been spiriting

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of spirit.
  spirit

  noun

  the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.

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