Meaning of witch | Babel Free

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1. To use a divining rod to find underground water or minerals; dowse.
2. From the Anglo-Saxon wicca, meaning “the wise one;” a person who practices witchcraft.
3. To act upon with or as if with magic:bewitch, charm, enchant, enthrall, entrance, spell, spellbind, voodoo.
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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...
7. A person, especially a woman, claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.
8. A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.
9. Offensive An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.
   Offensive
10. 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).

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