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witched, ppl. a.
(wɪtʃt, poet. ˈwɪtʃɪd)
[f. witch v.1 + -ed1.]
Influenced by witchcraft; that is under a magic spell; also, possessed of magic power; full of witchery.
1591Troub. Raigne K. John (1611) 66 False dreamer, perish with thy witched newes. a1618Sylvester Simile xviii. Wks. (Grosart) II. 254 Wee (wretched, witched Elves). 1633Marmion Antiquary ii. (1641) E 2, That never such a witched passion [as love] should arise in any human brest again. 1886Jerome Idle Thoughts 88 They hear the weird, witched music, and must follow.
Hence † ˈwitchedly adv., with witchcraft.
1650A. B. Mutatus Polemo 34 We have not a people so witchedly besotted. |