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    spell
    [spel]
    verb
    spell (verb) · spells (third person present) · spelled (past tense) · spelled (past participle) · spelling (present participle) · spelt (past tense) · spelt (past participle)
    1. write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence:
      "Dolly spelled her name" · "journals have a house style about how to spell"
      • (of letters) make up or form (a word):
        "the letters spell the word ‘how’"
    2. be a sign or characteristic of:
      "she had the chic, efficient look that spells Milan"
      • mean or have as a result:
        "the plans would spell disaster for the economy"
    Origin
    Middle English: shortening of Old French espeller, from the Germanic base of spell.
    spell
    [spel]
    noun
    spell (noun) · spells (plural noun)
    1. a form of words used as a magical charm or incantation:
      "a spell is laid on the door to prevent entry"
      • a state of enchantment caused by a magic spell:
        "the magician may cast a spell on himself"
      • an ability to control or influence people as though one had magical power over them:
        "she is afraid that you are waking from her spell"
    Origin
    Old English spel(l) ‘narration’, of Germanic origin.
    spell
    [spel]
    noun
    spell (noun) · spells (plural noun)
    1. a short period:
      "I want to get away from racing for a spell"
      • a period spent in an activity:
        "a spell of greenhouse work"
      • a period of a specified kind of weather:
        "an early cold spell in autumn"
      • a period of suffering from a specified kind of illness:
        "she plunges off a yacht and suffers a spell of amnesia"
      • AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH
        a period of rest from work.
    verb
    spell (verb) · spells (third person present) · spelled (past tense) · spelled (past participle) · spelling (present participle) · spelt (past tense) · spelt (past participle)
    1. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      allow (someone) to rest briefly by taking their place in some activity:
      "I got sleepy and needed her to spell me for a while at the wheel"
      • AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH
        take a brief rest:
        "I'll spell for a bit"
    Origin
    late 16th century: variant of dialect spele ‘take the place of’, of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘shift of relief workers’.
    spell
    [spel]
    noun
    spell (noun) · spells (plural noun)
    1. a splinter of wood.
    Origin
    late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete speld ‘chip, splinter’.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    noun
    1. a form of words used as a magical charm or incantation:
      incantation
      charm
      conjuration
      rune
      abracadabra
      sorcery
      magic
      witchcraft
      witchery
      hex
      mojo
      magic formula
      makutu
    noun
    1. a short period:
      period
      time
      interval
      season
      stretch
      run
      course
      round
      span
      streak
      snap
      patch
      spot
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