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Word entry · 5 letters

witch

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"Spell caster"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /wɪt͡ʃ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted chitwStarts with WEnds with H1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

Word origin

From Middle English wicchen, from Old English wiċċian, from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk-. In the senses arising in Middle English and later probably aphetic from bewitch.

Used in a sentence

  • He cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch.
  • It was easy to understand that they were witches, who had turned themselves into ravens.
  • Recently in Sydney we met a male witch who claimed that witchcraft was his full-time occupation.

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