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incant

verb/ɪŋˈkænt/

incant: to state solemnly, to chant
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What It Means

To state solemnly, to chant.

To recite an incantation.

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Incant in Context

“They now remember a tall man wrapped in a cloak [...] incanting to himself as he crossed the road.”

— 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 378

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First attested in 1546; borrowed from Latin incantō. Doublet of enchant and incantate.

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