spell

spell
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. charm, trance; talisman; incantation, sorcery, magic; witchery, allure, glamour; enchantment; spellbinding; term, period, interval; time; turn, stretch; breathing spell, respite. See substitution, repose.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A charm]
Syn. abracadabra, talisman, amulet; see charm 2 .
2. [A period of time]
Syn. term, interval, season; see time 1 .
3. [*An illness or a seizure]
Syn. stroke, spasm, turn; see fit 1 , illness 1 .
• cast a spell on or [m1]• over,
Syn. enchant, bewitch, beguile; see charm 1 .
• under a spell,
Syn. enchanted, bewitched, unable to resist; see charmed .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. incantation charm, invocation, hex, jinx, voodoo, hoodoo, magic, enchantment, bewitchment, entrancement, sorcery, mesmerism, hypnotism, trance. see occult
2. time period, interval, *stretch, course, run, turn, tour, shift, bout, episode, fit.
II
v.
relieve, give a break, take over, stand in for, cover for, take turns.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To act upon with or as if with magic: bewitch, charm, enchant, enthrall, entrance2, spellbind, voodoo, witch. See PERSUASION. II verb To free from a specific duty by acting as a substitute: relieve, take over. See SUBSTITUTE.
V
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To have or convey a particular idea: connote, denote, import, intend, mean1, signify. Idiom: add up to. See MEANING.
VI
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun An object or power that one uses to cause often evil events: charm, evil eye, magic. Slang: whammy. See SUPERNATURAL.
VII
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A rather short period: bit1, space, time, while. See BIG. 2. A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity: bout, go, hitch, inning (often used in plural), shift, stint, stretch, time, tour, trick, turn, watch. See TIME. 3. Informal. A sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease: access, attack, fit2, seizure. See HEALTH.

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  • Spell — Spell, n. 1. The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead. [1913 Webster] A spell at the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Spell — Spell, n.[AS. spell a saying, tale, speech; akin to OS. & OHG. spel, Icel. spjall,Goth. spill. Cf. {Gospel}, {Spell} to tell the letters of.] 1. A story; a tale. [Obs.] Hearken to my spell. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A stanza, verse, or phrase… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Spell — Spell, v. i. 1. To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing. [1913 Webster] When what small knowledge was, in them did dwell, And he a god, who could but read or spell. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To study… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Spell — Spell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spelling}.] [AS. spelian to supply another s place.] To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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