Meaning of witch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical
2. A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
3. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
4. A bitch.
   euphemistic
5. To use a divining rod to find underground water or minerals; dowse.
6. A woman who follows Wicca or similar New Age pagan beliefs.
7. From the Anglo-Saxon wicca, meaning “the wise one;” a person who practices witchcraft.
8. An ugly or unpleasant woman.
   derogatory, figuratively
9. To act upon with or as if with magic:bewitch, charm, enchant, enthrall, entrance, spell, spellbind, voodoo.
10. One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
11. a woman who is supposed to have powers of magic, usually through working with the devil. heks ساحِرَه вещица bruxa čarodějnice die Hexe heks μάγισσαbruja nõid ساحره noita sorcièreמכשפה डायन vještica boszorkány penyihir galdranorn strega 魔女 마녀 ragana ragana ahli sihir perempuan heksheksczarownica كوډ ګره (ښځه)، جادو ګره، شيشكه، بلا: (سيمه ايز) ډير ښكلى وګړى bruxa vrăjitoare ведьма čarodejnica, bosorka čarovnica veštica häxa, trollpacka แม่มด büyücü kadın, cadı 女巫 ворожка; відьма جادو گرنی mụ p...
    usually
12. One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
13. magic practised by a witch etc. heksery سِحْر، عِرافَه магъосничество bruxaria čarodějnictví die Hexerei hekseri μαγείαbrujería nõidus جادو گرى noituus sorcellerie כשפים, כישוף जादू-टोना čarolija, čini boszorkányság ilmu sihir galdrar stregoneria 魔法 마법 burtai, kerai buršana ilmu sihir tovenarijtrolldom, heksericzary كوډى، جادو bruxaria vrăjitorie колдовство čarodejníctvo, bosoráctvo, mágia čarovnija veštičarenje trolldom, häxeri การใช้เวทมนตร์คาถา büyücülük 巫術 чари; чаклунство جادو yêu thuật 巫术
    etc
14. A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
15. in some African tribes, a person whose profession is to cure illness and keep away evil magical influences. toordokter طَبيب ساحِر шаман curandeiro kouzelník der Medizinmann heksedoktor μάγοςhechicero posija جادو گر و طبيب poppamies sorcier רוֹפֵא אֶלִיל ओझा čarobnjak, vrač ördögűző dukun galdralæknir stregone まじない師 (미개 사회의) 주술사, 마법사 raganius, žynys burvis; pūšļotājs ahli sihir lelaki; dukun; pawang medicijnmanheksedoktorczarownik, znachor جادو ګره curandeiro vraci шаман medicinman; šaman; pr...
16. A storm petrel.
17. A person, especially a woman, claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.
18. Any of a number of flatfish of species:
19. Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, the witch flounder or Torbay sole, found in the North Atlantic.
20. A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.
21. Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
22. Offensive An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.
    Offensive
23. Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand.
24. One particularly skilled or competent at one's craft: "A witch of a writer, [she] is capable of developing an intensity that verges on ferocity" (Peter S. Prescott).
25. An Indomalayan butterfly, of Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.

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Examples

“He cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch.”

“It was easy to understand that they were witches, who had turned themselves into ravens.”

“However, the word "witch" came to be applied almost exclusively to women who were believed to achieve their power by making a blood pact with the Devil, sealed with their blood. They were usually old and ugly, and for this reason many unfortunate old ladies, whose only crimes were loneliness and a lack of beauty, went to the stake.”

“Several of the Leechbook recipes would have done credit to the witches in Macbeth.”

“To be considered a Witch of a particular tradition you will have to be initiated into that tradition by someone else within that tradition, after following their specific program of study.”

“For many neopagan witch traditions the moon is seen as both a symbol of the Goddess and of the witch's power, symbolically, and the belief is that the full moon is the best time for all acts of magic.”

“I hate that old witch.”

“Late that year the New York Rat covered a feminist demonstration staged by the radical group WITCH (Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell), whose marchers exorcised money from the financial district and protested exploitive burlesque houses in downtown New York.”

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