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unˈwitch, v. Now arch.
[un-2 3.]
trans. To free from witchcraft; to uncharm; = unbewitch v. Also refl.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Desensorceler, to vn⁓witch. 1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. iii. x. 44 Iesus Christ shall unwitch us. 1601Holland Pliny II. 296 Even the very serpents as they may bee burst by enchauntment, so they can unwitch themselves. 1625Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1268 Like a..Deuill witching and unwitching the superstitious vulgar. c1640Dekker, etc. Witch Edmonton ii. i, I would have thee so good as to unwitch me. 1764Foote Mayor of G. ii. Wks. 1799 I. 184, I am unwitch'd, and that you shall know to your cost. 1785G. A. Bellamy Apology VI. 95 They stopped the play,..ordering all the singers to unwitch themselves. 1884Black Jud. Shakespeare xxiv, Come man, unwitch thee! Collect thy senses.
absol.a1656Rolle Abridgment (1668) I. 45 She is a white Witch, and can witch and unwitch. |