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Meaning of incantate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To sing or speak formulas and/or rhyming words, often during occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.

ambitransitive

Equivalents

Italiano incantate

Examples

“Your modern witch never incantates in public.”
“Yet these are words of magic incantated by a non-religious priest: a poet.”
“In his prose poem, Lessness, Beckett incantates a haunting description of total ruin.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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