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bespelling

bespelling is the present participle and gerund of bespell.

Meaning of bespell

Verb

bespell (third-person singular simple present bespells, present participle bespelling, simple past and past participle bespelled)

  1. (transitive) 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.2014, Maggie MacKeever, Vampire, Bespelled

Questions about bespelling

What is bespelling the present participle and gerund of?
Bespelling is the present participle and gerund of bespell.

Words near bespelling in the dictionary

  1. bespeeded
  2. bespeeding
  3. bespeeds
  4. bespell
  5. bespelled
  6. bespelling
  7. bespells
  8. bespend
  9. bespew
  10. bespewed
  11. bespewing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bespelling (page history and authors); bespell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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