Definizione monolingua

spell

spell (third-person singular simple present spells, present participle spelling, simple past and past participle spelled)

1. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim. [9th-16th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:

     O who can tell / The hidden power of herbes, and might of Magicke spell?

spell (plural spells)

1. (obsolete) Speech, discourse. [8th-15th c.]
2. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. [from 16th c.]

   He cast a spell to cure warts.

3. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. [from 16th c.]

   under a spell

Definizione dizionario spell

	compitare
	to compose a word

	sillabare
	to write or say the letters that form a word

	formula magica
	magical incantation

	incantesimo
	magical incantation

affascinare

fascino

incantare

incanto

intervallo

maleficio

malia

periodo

scongiuro

significare

sortilegio

stregoneria

turno

Altri significati:

To say the letters that make up a word, one after the other.

to work in place of someone

indefinite period of time

(transitive, figuratively, with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail. [from 20th c.]

period of illness, outburst of bad spirits

(obsolete) Speech, discourse. [8th-15th c.]

(cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler. [from 20th c.]

magical effect of such incantation

figuratively, to clarify

(transitive, figuratively) To indicate that (some event) will occur. [from 19th c.]

A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour. [from 16th c.]

A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. [from 16th c.]

(obsolete) To speak, to declaim. [9th-16th c.]

to indicate that some future event will occur

(US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. [from 19th c.]

A words or formula supposed to have magical powers.

(transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]

A period of rest; time off. [from 19th c.]

A relatively short period of time of indeterminate length.

(transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort. [from 14th c.]

(transitive) To work in place of (someone).

An indefinite period of time (usually with some qualifying word). [from 18th c.]

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. [from 16th c.]

(transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word). [from 19th c.]

A period of (work or other activity). [from 18th c.]

(transitive) To rest (someone or something).

(also suffix) continuation (in time and space)

(dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood.