uncharmv.
1. transitive. To deprive of magical powers; to nullify the efficacy or virtue of (a charm).
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > disenchant > counteract power of a charm or spell
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1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 95 We labour both by preaching and wryting vnto you, to vncharme that sorcerie wherewith the false apostles haue bewitched you.
1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice in Wks. (Grosart) II. 53/1 Vncharme the Charmes then, of these grieuous ioyes, that still allure my sense of them to taste.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον viii. 402 Amasis King of Egypt was by the like exorcisme bound..till those ligatorie spells were after uncharmed.
1860 J. Wolff Trav. & Adv. I. 362 The Russians convinced them that they could uncharm a talisman.
2.
a. To free from a spell or from enchantment; to deliver from the influence of a charm. Also absol.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)] > disenchant
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unbewitch?1572
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disconjure1644
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (intransitive)] > disenchant
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1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 554 He ran to take her vp, & try how to vncharme her, but he was instantly throwne out of the Caue in a trance.
1638 Godolphin in G. Sandys Paraphr. Divine Poems Pref. Verses **j b That Harp, whose Charms uncharm'd the brest Of troubled Saul.
1682 E. Ravenscroft London Cuckolds v. 46 I will go home to my Wife, and uncharm her Mouth and set her Tongue at Liberty.
1779 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 318 She charms & uncharms in a moment; she is a bane & an antidote at the same Time.
1883 G. Meredith Lett. (1912) II. 341 Where to go this year I do not know; perhaps nowhere. My last year's experience uncharmed me.
b. To deprive or rob of charm or fascination.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > make unpleasant
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1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xli. 28 But one look at the terms that might describe it, written on paper, uncharms even the remembrance.
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