visit a spell
visit a spell is the alternative form of set a spell.
Meaning of set a spell
Verb
set a spell (third-person singular simple present sets a spell, present participle setting a spell, simple past and past participle set a spell)
- To sit down for a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order to relax or to engage in casual conversation.
- [S]he declined his invitation to "Come up and see the old woman and set a spell."1876, Louisa May Alcott, “The Romance of a Summer Day”, in Silver Pitchers: and Independence
- Synonyms:
- visit a spell
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see set, a, spell.
- “Did the witch set a spell on you, too, Bodvar?”2006 May, Stobie Piel, Prince of Ice, New York, N.Y.: Love Spell, Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 84
Forms of visit a spell
| third-person singular present | visits a spell |
|---|---|
| present participle | visiting a spell |
| past participle | visited a spell |
| past | visited a spell |
Questions about visit a spell
- What is visit a spell the alternative form of?
- Visit a spell is the alternative form of set a spell.
Words near visit a spell in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: visit a spell (page history and authors); set a spell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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