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unmagic

unmagic verb: to deprive of magic or of magical prowess.

Verb

unmagic (third-person singular simple present unmagics, present participle unmagicking, simple past and past participle unmagicked)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of magic or of magical prowess
    • However, he obediently sat down and shut his eyes. After a while he opened them and said, “I must have been able to 'unmagic' a crow just by being kind to it, and I was able to contact trees and things in the garden."2012, Anne Poltera, Castle Magic and the Sinister Encroaching Fir Wood, page 163

Noun

unmagic (uncountable)

  1. Lack or absence of magic; magiclessness
    • Tying and knotting the net, she had become attuned to unmagic.2011, Tamora Pierce, Magic Steps

Forms of unmagic

third-person singular presentunmagics
present participleunmagicking
past participleunmagicked
pastunmagicked

Origin of unmagic

From un- + magic.

Questions about unmagic

What does unmagic mean?
Unmagic means to deprive of magic or of magical prowess.
What part of speech is unmagic?
Unmagic can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of unmagic?
The past tense of unmagic is unmagicked.

Words near unmagic in the dictionary

  1. unmaddest
  2. unmade
  3. unmade road
  4. unmade roads
  5. unmadeness
  6. unmagic
  7. unmagical
  8. unmagically
  9. unmagicked
  10. unmagisterial
  11. unmagistrate

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