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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interval, period |
| Synonyms: | bit, bout, course, go, hitch, interlude, intermission, patch, relay, season, shift, space, stint, streak, stretch, term, time, tour, tour of duty, trick, turn, while |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, fit, illness, jag, paroxysm, spasm, stroke, throe, turn |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mean, imply |
| Synonyms: | add up to, amount to, augur, connote, denote, express, herald, import, indicate, intend, orthographize, point to, portend, presage, promise, signify, suggest |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give rest, relief |
| Synonyms: | allow, breathe, free, lay off, lie by, release, relieve, stand in for, take over, take the place of |
| Antonyms: | abuse, run ragged, use |
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| Concept: | Spell. |
| Category: | 4. Acts of religion |
| Synonyms: |
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spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum., talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion., wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin; wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap.
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| Main Entry: | abracadabra |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magic word |
| Synonyms: | hocus-pocus, incantation, invocation, mumbo jumbo, open sesame, spell |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden dysfunction or disorder |
| Synonyms: | access, ailment, bout, breakdown, convulsion, disease, failure, fit, illness, paroxysm, relapse, seizure, spasm, spell, stroke, throe |
| Antonyms: | health |
| Main Entry: | bewitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charm |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, captivate, capture, control, dazzle, draw, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hex, hypnotize, knock dead, knock out, put horns on, put the whammy on, put under magic spell, send*, slay, spell*, spellbind, sweep off one's feet, take, tickle pink, tickle to death, tickle*, trick, turn on, vamp, voodoo, wile, wow* |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, disgust, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short period of time |
| Synonyms: | instant, jiffy, little while, minute, moment, second, space, spell, stretch, tick, while |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
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