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beˈwitchery
[f. bewitch + -ery.]
1. Bewitching action or influence; charm, fascination; witchery.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 281 There is something further observable in this golden Cup, wherein the force of its bewitchery may consist. a1716South 12 Serm. (1717) III. 456 There is a certain bewitchery, or fascination in Words. 1868Hawthorne Amer. Note-Bks. (1879) II. 161 There was a great bewitchery in the idea.
2. = bewitchment.
1711Spect. No. 250 ⁋7 Oblique vision..was anciently the mark of bewitchery and magical fascination. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Falling-Sickn., Good Housewives took it for a Bewitchery of their Poultry. |