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spell-casting

spell-casting is the alternative form of spellcasting.

Meaning of spellcasting

Noun

spellcasting (usually uncountable, plural spellcastings)

  1. (usually) The casting of magic spells.
    • The true mages, lifelong students of the arcane arts, practiced their trade with due respect for the magic, ever wary of the potential consequences of their spellcastings.1988, R[obert] A[nthony] Salvatore, “The Gathering Gloom”, in The Crystal Shard (The Icewind Dale Trilogy; 1), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 97

Forms of spell-casting

pluralspell-castings

Questions about spell-casting

What is spell-casting the alternative form of?
Spell-casting is the alternative form of spellcasting.

Words near spell-casting in the dictionary

  1. spell out
  2. spell someone's name
  3. spell things out
  4. spell work
  5. spell-bound
  6. spell-casting
  7. spell-castings
  8. spell-check
  9. spell-checked
  10. spell-checker
  11. spell-checkers

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