spell
- noun
- /spɛl/
- Literature
- We can get them back if we break the spell by rescuing Jaunty.
- cast spells
- magic spell
- break the spell
Why don't you cast a clicking spell to come see more videos?
- Why don't you cast a clicking spell to come see more videos?
- And she says we fear your spells of immortality.
- Silence the tracks of your hammers with the spells of summer in their eyes.
- And he goes looking through the spell books, and things go wrong.
- I don't think I cast any spells, I just think I'm a wizard.
- And that's what that's the spell that meditation breaks.
- What are there any spells that you could teach me?
- I fell under your spell love no one can deny.
Examples
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Indeed, I did fall under her spell.
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I mean, it's like he cast a spell over the entire area.
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You have to believe in the spell for it to take hold.
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But not all of the effects of the spell are gone.
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When do we know if the spell worked?
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I've never cast a spell of enchantment this powerful.
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Conjuring up fish had them awestruck, and that was a spell a child could perform.
Fiction book (1991) -
I have collected magical spells used for healing, for example, in the Misima language.
Academic text (1991) -
The magician recited a few words and cast a spell that filled the room with sparkling lights.
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After drinking the potion, she felt as if she had fallen under a spell of enchantment.
Synonyms
A word or verse spoken as a magic spell
A state when a person is not fully aware and cannot control their actions
Words or sounds that someone says in a ritual to try to make magic happen
A magic spell put on a person or thing
Words people say or write to make magic happen
Words said by a witch or wizard to make something happen
A small magic spell that makes simple, harmless effects like making a candle flicker
A state when a magical spell controls someone
A time when someone or something seems controlled by magic
Antonyms
A feeling of disappointment you have after you learn something is not as good as you thought
Idioms
Compounds
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spell for magic comes from the same old idea of a special 'saying' that has power, so a magical 'spell' is a powerful set of words that can put someone under its influence.