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单词 chantment
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chantmentn.

Brit. /ˈtʃɑːntm(ə)nt/, /ˈtʃantm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈtʃæntmənt/
Forms: Middle English chantement, Middle English chawntement, Middle English–1500s chauntement, 1500s chauntment, 1700s–1800s 2000s– chantment.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: enchantment n.
Etymology: Shortened < enchantment n. Compare chanter n.1Compare Anglo-Norman (rare) chantement magic (end of the 13th cent.), Old French (rare) cantement act of enchantment, spell (c1200), both in apparently isolated attestations. Anglo-Norman chauntement, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French †chantement is otherwise only attested in the sense ‘singing’ (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman, 14th cent. in continental French).
archaic and rare after 16th cent.
Incantation, enchantment; the use of magic. Also: an act of enchantment; a magical formula chanted or spoken, an incantation; a spell.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun]
sigaldry?c1225
enchantery1297
enchantment1297
charminga1300
chantmentc1300
chantinga1382
forspeaking1483
fairyc1515
bewitching1535
enchanting1553
fascination1572
eye-biting1584
sparrow-blasting1589
effascination1624
enchant1634
maleficiation1649
spelling1665
glamour1793
weird1813
glamoury1821
ensorcellment1931
c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) 312 Þureȝ coniureson & chauntement.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 654 Ful conyng was sche..& couþe fele þinges, of charmes & of chau [n] temens to schewe harde castis.
a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 96 (MED) What medecyn is most..Wheþer gommes..or any goode drenches, Oþer chauntementes, or charmes?
c1425 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Harl.) 149 Merlyn with ys chauntement, & myd ys quoyntyse.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Love in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 39 (MED) How..han men to-forn this tyme trusted in writtes and chauntements, and in helpes of spirites?
1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea 111 The bryde..with slibber slabber sosse of chauntments shalbe tryde.
1783 Baratarian Inquest (new ed.) 118 I cannot help thinking, that there is no such a thing as chantment in the world.
1803 W. S. Rose tr. Amadis de Gaule 128 The dread chantments of the avenging fay.
2002 K. Constable Singer of all Songs i. 8 She took a step closer, still singing the words of the chantment of strengthening.
2015 L. Saintcrow Trailer Park Fae 71 Belief, that great mother of chantment, could be used even by mortals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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