单词 | unbewitch |
释义 | unbewitchv. transitive. To free from witchcraft; to remove a spell from (someone or something); to set free from enchantment, to disenchant. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > disenchant unwitch1571 unbewitch?1572 disenchant1590 uncharm1621 discharm1634 unspell1635 disconjure1644 unmagic1650 disencharm1651 unenchant1654 ?1572 T. Paynell tr. Treasurie Amadis of Fraunce x. 262 Hir brother whom he had slaine for the loue of you, was not onely vnbewitched [Fr. desenchanté] by my sister Lucelle, but aduertised of the daunger whereby he saued him selfe. 1662 W. Sheppard Action upon Case for Slander viii. 41 Mary Yates is a Sorcerer and a Witch, and a White Witch, she can bewitch and unbewitch. 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 250 Barbara Dorea..confessed, that she had unbewitched several whom she herself had bewitched. 1847 London Daily News 16 Feb. 5/4 She would make her drink her own blood unless she unbewitched her husband. 2005 R. Godbeer Escaping Salem iv. 79 Many of Goody Disborough's neighbors had heard that she could sometimes be persuaded to unbewitch her victims, clear proof of occult powers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?1572 |
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