A shift or change; a shifting movement.
I remember the last time I saw Macbeth played, the discrepancy I felt at the changes of garment which he varied, the shiftings and reshiftings, like a Romish priest at mass.
The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.
present participle and gerund of shift
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