unspell
English
Etymology
un- + spell
Verb
unspell (third-person singular simple present unspells, present participle unspelling, simple past and past participle unspelled)
- (transitive) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
- Dryden
- Such practices as these […] the more judicious Israelites unspelled.
- Dryden
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unspell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Pullens