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excantation

excantation noun: disenchantment by a countercharm.

Noun

excantation (countable and uncountable, plural excantations)

  1. (obsolete) Disenchantment by a countercharm.
    • […]his Cage, out of which, there was no possibility of getting, but by the power of a higher excantation1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote

Forms of excantation

pluralexcantations

Origin of excantation

Latin excantare (“to charm out”).

Questions about excantation

What does excantation mean?
Excantation means disenchantment by a countercharm.
What part of speech is excantation?
Excantation is a noun.
What is the plural of excantation?
The plural of excantation is excantations.

Words near excantation in the dictionary

  1. excambying
  2. excandescence
  3. excandescency
  4. excandescent
  5. excandidate
  6. excantation
  7. excantations
  8. excardinate
  9. excardinated
  10. excardinates
  11. excardinating

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