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gease

gease is the alternative form of geas.

Meaning of geas

Noun

geas (plural geasa or geases)

  1. A (generally magical) vow, obligation or injunction placed upon someone to do or not do something, which typically brings harm if violated and blessings if obeyed.
    • It can send us where it will with a task laid upon us—a geas, if you like.1989, Roger Zelazny, Knight of Shadows
  2. A mystical compulsion.
    • The memory came upon him like a geas, overwhelming his revulsion, numbing his heart.1980, Stephen R. Donaldson, The Wounded Land, page 162

Forms of gease

pluralgeases

Questions about gease

What is gease the alternative form of?
Gease is the alternative form of geas.

Words near gease in the dictionary

  1. Geary County
  2. Gearys
  3. Gearys Flat
  4. geas
  5. geasa
  6. gease
  7. geases
  8. Geashill
  9. geason
  10. geat
  11. Geatish

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