spellcasts

Verb

spellcast (third-person singular simple present spellcasts, present participle spellcasting, simple past and past participle spellcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) spellcasted)

1. (ambitransitive) To cast (a magical spell).
   • We can’t stop them starting to spellcast—but sorcery will be no defence against these weapons.1992, Mary Gentle, chapter 6, in Grunts! A Fantasy with Attitude, New York, N.Y.: Roc, published 1995, →ISBN, book 1 (Brothers in Arms), pages 66–67
2. (transitive) To cast a magical spell on (someone or something).
   • “Likely he spellcast His Reverence four days ago when Their Reverences came to town to give the Midwinter Ceremonies,” suggested dearth inking, “and the spell only burst open tonight, after smouldering inside His Reverence all this time.”1982 October, Phyllis Ann Karr, chapter 1, in Frostflower and Windbourne, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published May 1985 (2nd printing), →ISBN, page 2

   Synonyms:

   bespell, ensorcell, spellbind, bechat, becry, beglammer, bewitch, conjure, enchant, englamour