bespell

Definitions

To cast a spell upon; to enchant, bewitch.

transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Andrei doubted Miss⟳ Kincaid was of an easily persuaded nature. “I must?” “You cannot bespell her. The thing must be given freely or misfortune rebounds.” Ah, but Andrei had already bespelled the lass. Or mayhap she had bespelled him.”

“Then just before the attack itself, the simbuk bespelled each fighter with the most powerful form⟳ of war magic, a leaf of a variety of croton which each warrior had to keep⟳ on his tongue until the end⟳ of the encounter (it was fatal if swallowed): [...]”

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