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incantatory

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Constituting, employing, dealing with, or suitable for use in incantation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1888, Lafcadio Hearn, “A Midsummer Trip to the West Indies,” Second Paper, XIII, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 77, Number 459, August 1888, p. 332, A trained musician might protest against so strange a manner of ringing the chimes; but he could not possibly deny that it has impressiveness: it is wild, barbaric, incantatory—it is a monstrous musical conjuration.

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adj

Meaning 2

Resembling incantation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

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