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† excanˈtation Obs. rare.|ɛkskænˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. *excantātiōn-em, n. of action f. excantāre to bring out by enchantment, f. ex- out + cantāre to sing.]
The action of removing (anything) by enchantment.
Johnson 1755 explains the word as ‘disenchantment by a countercharm’, which may perh. be the sense in quot. 1580.
1580Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 349 Which imagine that the mynde is eyther by incantation or excantation to bee ruled. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. xxiii. 277 The Don..inchanted in his Cage, out of which there was no possibility of getting, but by the power of a higher excantation. 1863W. W. Story Roba di R. I. 271 This excantation of fruits was not the same as incantation. |