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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.

6.

Take turns working.

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"Spell" Quotes from Famous Books

... meant well; but she's getting into years, and the care of two children is a good deal for her, with her cooking and her rheumatiz. I don't deny she did neglect 'em for a spell, but she does well by 'em now, and I wouldn't wish ...

— Jack and Jill • Louisa May Alcott

... about it, sir," he answered. "Our cruise is up, I'm afraid, and we may make ready for a spell on shore, ...

— Hurricane Hurry • W.H.G. Kingston

... that the name broke the spell that was upon them. The name stood for very much. Carewe's outcry called up a cloud of witnesses—the deeds of a man's lifetime—and marshalled them against this monstrous accusation of a sick and whirling hour. ...

— Sir Mortimer • Mary Johnston

... and his resolutions, month followed month, year followed year, and nothing was done. He prayed fervently against his idleness; he determined, as often as he received the sacrament, that he would no longer doze away and trifle away his time; but the spell under which he lay resisted prayer and sacrament. His private notes at this time are made up of self-reproaches. "My indolence," he wrote on Easter Eve in 1764, "has sunk into grosser sluggishness. A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last ...

— The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 3. (of 4) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... other, they have brought the glory of health for his manhood's crown, content and peace unutterable. To learn to subdue the ground is to learn one great lesson. So the strange meeting is soon over. The Christmas spell may not always last and ...

— Crowded Out! and Other Sketches • Susie F. Harrison

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