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      spell
      noun
      Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
      A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
      (informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).
      (colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
      A period of rest; time off.
      (colloquial, US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
      (cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
      (Northern England) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
      The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
      A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
      A surname.
      (obsolete) Speech, discourse.
      verb
      To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
      (intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
      (transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).
      (transitive, figuratively, with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
      (transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun.
      To constitute; to measure.
      (transitive) To work in place of (someone).
      (transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
      (intransitive, colloquial) To rest from work for a time.
      (transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
      (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
      (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.
      Synonyms for spell
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      Words related to spell
      spellableadjpishoguecantriprespellincantadjincantationalincantatoryadjbewitchmentnhexingnconjuringnenchanternspellbindernsyllabicatevhexernwarlocknmagicaladjpotionsnmaledictionnsorcerernhexesnmagemisspellvsyllabifyvwizardlyadjthaumaturgicaladj

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