Definitions

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  • verb transitive To cast a spell upon; to enchant, bewitch.

Etymologies

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From be- (“on, about”) +‎ spell.

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Examples

  • He could bespell more guards if he had to, but then he would have to find a way to dispose of them.

    Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

  • So in Wild Magic, the more powerful the spell, the more likely it was that you'd have to do something besides supply your own personal power'like copy out and bespell those three Books, for instance, in exchange for, perhaps, creating a well or healing an injury.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • Or we may bespell your brushes so they spiral, swoop, and slink and you wonder in the morning what was in your evening drink.

    What pixies do to painters shweta_narayan 2009

  • "Why did Anise bespell you?" she asked, getting down to business.

    In the Midnight Hour 2007

  • So take her through the Gate to the London house, bespell the guards" "

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • "She still has power to bespell, and if I put strong enough protections on the constructs to resist her spells they would become no more than wooden automata."

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Then she will not be able to bespell you to go where her mortal servants could seize you.

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • "Yes, that was when you asked me to bespell an air spirit to watch over her."

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • I cannot go near her because of that accursed necklace she wears, so I cannot bespell her.

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Originally Rhoslyn had been planning to suggest that Aurelia bespell Tolliver, thinking it would serve that pest Elizabeth right to have one of her servants kill another.

    Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

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