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incantationin‧can‧ta‧tion /ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] incantationOrigin: 1300-1400 French, Latin incantare ‘to use magic power on’, from cantare ‘to sing’ - And so prayers and incantations continue.
- And this can be as destructive to enjoyment and adventure as inflated claims or solemn incantations.
- And when the six-strong cast burst into stumbling raps or ranting incantations, even the ravers dotted in the audience look confused.
- Chiron was learned in the use of herbs and gentle incantations and cooling potions.
- Meditation does not demand sitting cross-legged amidst candles and burning incense, muttering weird incantations.
- No one embodies better than Coltrane that strange kinship between pentecostal incantation and the spiritual lineage of jazz.
- Now his incantations of the old slogans of national independence and identity sounded more and more hollow.
- The he began to press the twigs against the branch, groaning loudly and jabbering incantations.
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