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incantation
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Wiktionary
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n. 1 The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results. 2 A formula of words used as above.
WordNet
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n. a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect [syn: conjuration ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Incantation \In`can*ta"tion\, n. [L. incantatio, fr. incantare to chant a magic formula over one: cf. F. incantation. See Enchant .] The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing ...
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Incantation is an American death metal band that was formed by John McEntee and Paul Ledney in 1989. They are one of the leaders in the New York death metal scene along with fellow bands Suffocation and Immolation , even though the band is currently located ...
Usage examples of incantation.
The visit to Alman had made physical demands on all of them, and Tenoctris had the effort of the incantations besides.
Guinalle heard you had seen an Elietimm priest raise the image of its owner from an artefact for the Aldabreshin, she worried at the notion like a dog with a bone until she had perfected the incantations.
Go back to your crucifix or your crucible and change your bleeping incantation.
Casting before him a cabbalistic incantation that smashed the etheric lattice of the window, and seemed to carry him with it, out of the pavilion he sprang, snatching up as he hurtled through a sword of honed steel from the bench.
I did the same, but I could not help feeling some regret at having engaged myself not to take advantage of the position before the night of the great incantation.
When the correct incantation was spoken, the one and only Great All-knowing Cumquat would start to glow, and at that moment it had to be picked and shortly after consumed or the power would be lost forever.
We can accept magic in these old tales, even to the incantations of Bobaran the White that swayed the waves of the sea so that Gaer, the son of Deirdre, was saved from the men of Lochlin.
The liches were already dead, but perhaps her own blood would give Meder the power he needed for his incantation.
The Yogi did a number of preparatory gesticulations, and spoke what sounded like solemn incantations, then parted his dhoti rags and unashamedly pulled out his linga, which was like a black-barked twig.
If he did not find the phylactery soon, he would have to rest, restudy his spellbooks, re-memorize the incantations that slipped from his fatigued mind one by one as he cast them.
She muttered her placatory charm, and tottered back into her cavern, where, amidst her herbs and incantations, she prepared to execute the orders of the Egyptian.
Aumlar ignored it, intent on puncing the first words of the incantation.
Rander of South-beach, who tried to banish the shapeshifter or conjure up something of his own, but Katherian was fighting his every incantation, and Rander was pretty clearly outmatched right from the start.
Rander of Southbeach, who tried to banish the shapeshifter or conjure up something of his own, but Katherian was fighting his every incantation, and Rander was pretty clearly outmatched right from the start.
I made all the proper incantations, swaddling her in a glamour of healing.