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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. spelked
  2. spelking
  3. spelks
  4. spelky
  5. spell
  6. spell casting
  7. spell castings
  8. spell check
  9. spell checked
  10. spell checker
  11. spell checkers

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