spell

Meaning

Noun

1. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
2. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
3. (obsolete) Speech, discourse.

Verb

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Verb

1. To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
2. (obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
3. Of letters: to compose (a word).
4. To clarify; to explain in detail.
5. To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun.
6. To constitute; to measure.
7. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
8. (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.

Verb

1. To work in place of (someone).
2. To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
3. (colloquial) To rest from work for a time.

Synonyms

charm

incantation

enchantment

curse

magic

🪄

sorcery

fascination

period

curses

hex

mean

magic spell

magical spell

verse

witchcraft

signify

bewitch

write

✍️

exorcism

time

⌚

trance

season

term

conjuration

relieve

turn

attraction

moment

fit

while

denote

shift

spell out

epoch

malediction

imply

lifetime

patch

witchery

go

bout

duration

age

rest

burst

syllabize

piece

replace

tour

magic word

substitute

delusion

letter

evil spell

imprecation

import

free

🆓

game

glamour

grace

gracefulness

harbinger

hold back

implicate

influence

inscribe

installment

instalment

interchange

interval

invocation

jiffy

jinx

know

let off

liberate

litany

magic formula

magic power

magnetism

make out

make up

mantra

manumit

mark

matter

meet

mesmerism

mesmerize

min

misspell

mojo

mystique

necromancy

nock

notch

occasion

offset

omen

pass

passage

peal

pen

🖊️

period of time

point

portend

presage

pronounce

prophesy

purport

put down

ravish

redeem

refrain

register

reimburse

release

remit

rendezvous

repair

represent

rescue

respell

run

say

🗣️

score

second

2nd

see

👀

sequel

set free

show

signal

snatch

span

spot

stage

stand for

stand in for

stigmatise

stigmatize

stint

storm

subscribe

succession

supersede

supplant

sway

tell

think

🤔

transcribe

transliterate

transpose

trick

type

unblock

unchain

uncork

unfreeze

utter

whitewash

witch

wizardry

write in

write off

braille

chukker

length of time

let go of

meet up with

short period

act of bewitching

a charm

dharani

Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant

second series

cantrip

entrancement

ecstasy

medicine

💊

sorcerise

sorcerize

time constant

release from trap

embrass

alphabetize

abracadabra

alphabetise

absolve

accession

acquit

affranchise

allurement

amount

amulet

assoil

auspicate

author

badge

beat

bedevil

beguile

bewitchment

black art

brand

cast a spell

chukka

clear

compensate

compose

comprise

connote

continuation

count

🔢

counterchange

cover

cut

cycle

date

📅

decipher

decontrol

deliver

deputise

deputize

disencumber

disengage

dispense

draft

drop a line

emancipate

enchant

enfranchise

enrapture

enthral

episode

era

exempt

exonerate

fascinate

fill in

flag

foretell

formula

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɛl/

Etymology

From Middle English spell, spel, from Old English spell (“news, story”), from Proto-Germanic *spellą (“speech, account, tale”), from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (“to tell”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to speak, to sound”) with the s-mobile prefix. Cognate with dialectal German Spill, Icelandic spjall (“discussion, talk”), spjalla (“to discuss, to talk”), guðspjall (“gospel”) and Albanian fjalë (“word”).