hex
verb/heks/
/heks/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hex | /heks/ /heks/ |
| he / she / it hexes | /ˈheksɪz/ /ˈheksɪz/ |
| past simple hexed | /hekst/ /hekst/ |
| past participle hexed | /hekst/ /hekst/ |
| -ing form hexing | /ˈheksɪŋ/ /ˈheksɪŋ/ |
- hex somebody to use magic powers in order to harm somebodyWord Originmid 19th cent. (as a verb): from Pennsylvanian German hexe (verb), Hex (noun), from German hexen (verb), Hexe (noun).
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