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bespell

verb

Etymology

From be- (“on, upon, about”) + spell.

  1. derived from *spellōną✻
  2. inherited from spellian — “to tell, speak”
  3. derived from *spelōn✻
  4. derived from espeller
  5. derived from espeler
  6. inherited from spellen
  7. prefixed as bespell — “be + spell”

Definitions

  1. To cast a spell upon

    To cast a spell upon; to enchant, bewitch.

    • Andrei doubted Miss Kincaid was of an easily persuaded nature. “I must?” “You cannot bespell her. The thing must be given freely or misfortune rebounds.” Ah, but Andrei had already bespelled the lass. Or mayhap she had bespelled him.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bespell. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA