Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Enchanting; ravishing; delightful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Enchanting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
incant .
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Examples
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University Press, as his indignant pencil hung over "incanting" and
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various
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So I was wondering if anyone cared to comment on whether the law in question can fairly be described as a “licensing [or] similar” law, or whether it is, as it seems to me, a strained attempt to invoke the savings clause by incanting the magic word of “licensing”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the SG’s Brief in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria 2010
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Like a cardinal in a ritualistic high church sect he spends his time shaking his robes, incanting rhetoric and disseminating his pungent incense.
Ten ways to satisfy your constant craving for El Clásico | Barney Ronay 2011
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An aged white wizard, with beard and staff incanting some unintelligible spell?
Archive 2010-03-01 Neth 2010
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An aged white wizard, with beard and staff incanting some unintelligible spell?
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So I was wondering if anyone cared to comment on whether the law in question can fairly be described as a “licensing or similar” law, or whether it is, as it seems to me, a strained attempt to invoke the savings clause by incanting the magic word of “licensing”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the SG’s Brief in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria 2010
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Radio Okapi, a local broadcaster funded by the United Nations, said the player dashed up the pitch incanting “fetishist” spells to weaken the opposing team.
Eleven dead in Congo football riot after use of alleged witchcraft 2008
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In what tangible way is anyone going to be in the slightest degree by this guy incanting some magic words to the Great Spirit on January 20?
Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree To Disagree 2009
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The instinct that we all have he should face some sort of electoral process is unlikely to trouble the incanting Labour Droogs hereabouts about for but for ordinary working men like me, a sinister clerk does not sidle from the shadows and thereby become Caesar.
Archive 2007-07-01 Newmania 2007
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Turning her back to the flames, she began incanting the spell which would cause the circle of light to appear.
A Matter of Honor Megan Arkenberg 2009
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