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n. any art that invokes supernatural powers

n. a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"

trance, enchantment, spell

n. a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

turn, tour, go, spell

n. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"

trick, magic, legerdemain, illusion, deception, magic trick, conjuring trick

n. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

spell

v. place under a spell

import, spell

v. indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"

spell, write

v. write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"

spell, give the spelling of, recite the letters of

v. orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer"

magic, wizard, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizardly

adj. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers"

enchantment, bewitchment

n. a magical spell

witchcraft, witchery

n. the art of sorcery

genius, wizardry

n. exceptional creative ability

necromancy

n. conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying

voodoo, vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism

n. a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities

trickery, slickness, hocus-pocus, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery

n. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

mysticism, religious mysticism

n. a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

charm, good luck charm

n. something believed to bring good luck

catalepsy

n. a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

suspended animation

n. a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxia

dream

n. someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream"

continuance, duration

n. the period of time during which something continues

period, period of time, amount of time, time period

n. an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

term

n. a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"

stretch, stint

n. an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

season

n. a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"

convey, impart

v. make known; pass on, of information

harbinger, herald, foretell, announce, annunciate

v. foreshadow or presage

indicate, suggest

v. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

enchanted

adj. influenced as by charms or incantations

read with difficulty, spell out

v. spell fully and without abbreviating; "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?"

apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral

adj. resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"

weird, unearthly, uncanny, eldritch

adj. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley

marvelous, marvellous, miraculous

adj. being or having the character of a miracle

metaphysical

adj. without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces"

necromantic

adj. given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead; "a necromantic sorcerer"; "necromantic delusions"; "necromantic powders and other weird objects"

nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental

adj. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley

paranormal

adj. not in accordance with scientific laws; "what seemed to be paranormal manifestations"

transmundane

adj. existing or extending beyond the physical world; "whatever of transmundane...insight...we may carry"- William James

witchlike

adj. being or having the character of witchcraft

unspell

v. release from a spell

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