Word Meanings - INCANTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment. "Mysterious ceremony and incantation." Burke. 2. A formula

Additional info about word: INCANTATION

1. The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment. "Mysterious ceremony and incantation." Burke. 2. A formula of words used as above.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INCANTATION)

• Charm
• Spell
• incantation
• enchantment
• fascination
• attraction
• allurement

Related words: (words related to INCANTATION)

• INCANTATION
  1. The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment. "Mysterious ceremony and incantation." Burke. 2. A formula
• SPELLBIND
  To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.
• SPELLFUL
  Abounding in spells, or charms. Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole.
• CHARMLESS
  Destitute of charms. Swift.
• CHARMER
  1. One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. Deut. xviii. 11. 2. One who delights and attracts the affections.
• SPELLER
  1. One who spells. 2. A spelling book.
• ALLUREMENT
  1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton. 2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.
• SPELLBOUND
  Bound by, or as by, a spell.
• SPELLWORK
  Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment. Like those Peri isles of light That hang by spellwork in the air. Moore.
• ENCHANTMENT
  1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak. 2. The
• ATTRACTION
  An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting
• SPELLING
  The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
• SPELLKEN
  A theater. Byron.
• FASCINATION
  1. The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest
• CHARMFUL
  Abounding with charms. "His charmful lyre." Cowley.
• CHARMERESS
  An enchantress. Chaucer.
• SPELL
  A spelk, or splinter. Holland. (more info) akin to D. speld a pin, OD. spelle, G. spalten to split, OHG. spaltan, MHG. spelte a splinter, Icel. spjald a square tablet, Goth. spilda a writing tablet. Cf. Spillsplinter, roll of paper, Spell to
• SPELLABLE
  Capable of being spelt. Carlyle.
• ATTRACTION SPHERE
  The central mass of the aster in mitotic cell division; centrosphere. Less often, the mass of archoplasm left by the aster in the resting cell. 2. A small body situated on or near the nucleus in the cells of some of the lower plants, consisting
• CHARMING
  Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. Milton. Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely;
• RESPELL
  To spell again.
• BECHARM
  To charm; to captivate.
• COUNTERCHARM
  To destroy the effect of a charm upon.
• UNCHARM
  To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. Beau. & Fl.
• MISSPELL
  To spell incorrectly.
• DISENCHANTMENT
  The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.