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Spell   /spɛl/   Listen
Spell

noun
1.
A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation.  Synonyms: enchantment, trance.
2.
A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else).  Synonyms: go, tour, turn.  "A spell of work"
3.
A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.  Synonyms: patch, piece, while.  "I need to rest for a piece" , "A spell of good weather" , "A patch of bad weather"
4.
A verbal formula believed to have magical force.  Synonyms: charm, magic spell, magical spell.  "Inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"
verb
(when related to words: past & past part. spelt or spelled; pres. part. spelling)  (when related to turns: past & past part. spelled; pres. part. spelling)
1.
Orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of.  Synonym: spell out.  "We had to spell out our names for the police officer"
2.
Indicate or signify.  Synonym: import.
3.
Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word).  Synonym: write.
4.
Relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn.
5.
Place under a spell.  Antonym: unspell.
6.
Take turns working.



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"Spell" Quotes from Famous Books



... this order appeared and reigned. We were exhausted by days of marching and nights of broken sleep, but men put off their packs and set to work with a silent courage that seemed to exalt even the least generous natures. Our first spell lasted for thirty-six hours, during which each one gave to the full measure of his powers, without a thought ...
— The New Book Of Martyrs • Georges Duhamel
... not to sell without lettin' me know. I know somet'n' 'bout it that nobody else knows. An' if you don't tell me—" he shook his head slowly, and the mother looked at her boy as though she were dazed by some spell. ...
— The Heart Of The Hills • John Fox, Jr.
... and in came a handsome young man, who said, 'I am a king's son, and was condemned by a wicked witch to live as an old man in this wood with no company but that of my three servants, who were transformed into a cock, a hen, and a brindled cow. The spell could only be broken by the arrival of a maiden who should show herself kind not only to men but to beasts. You are that maiden, and last night at midnight we were freed, and this poor house was again transformed into ...
— The Pink Fairy Book • Various
... of other days, No bygone history to tell; Our tales are told where camp-fires blaze At midnight, when the solemn hush Of that vast wonderland, the Bush, Hath laid on every heart its spell. ...
— Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson
... lightly and noiselessly, like a rapid, light summer shower. They appeared so quickly from among the bushes and threw themselves on the savage pair; they surrounded them, cast themselves upon them, threw them down, cast a sleeping spell upon them, and dragged them away into the depth of the dark hollow. And they left the naked bodies sprawling helplessly on ...
— The Created Legend • Feodor Sologub


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