Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A song; anything that is sung.
- noun Incantation; a magic spell.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A song or verses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
song orverses .
Etymologies
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Latin cantio, from canere ("to sing").
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