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Definition of incantation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incantation

noun
 
/ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃn/
 
/ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. special words that are spoken or sung to have a magic effect; the act of speaking or singing these words
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin incantatio(n-), from incantare ‘chant, bewitch’, from in- (expressing intensive force) + cantare ‘sing’.
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