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单词 incantation
释义
incantationin‧can‧ta‧tion /ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINincantation
Origin:
1300-1400 French, Latin incantare ‘to use magic power on’, from cantare ‘to sing’
Examples
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  • 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.
word sets
WORD SETS
abracadabra, interjectionbewitch, verbblack art, nounblack magic, nounclairvoyant, nounconjure, verbconjurer, nounconjuring, nouncrystal ball, nouncurse, verbcurse, nounenchant, verbenchanted, adjectiveenchanter, nounenchantment, nounenchantress, nounhex, nounincantation, nounmalediction, nounmandrake, nounnecromancy, nounpentagram, nounpotion, nounrune, nounsorcerer, nounsorceress, nounsorcery, nounvoodoo, nounwand, nounwarlock, nounwhite magic, noun
special words that someone uses in magic, or the act of saying these wordsspell:  a book of spells and incantations
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