excantation

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noun

Disenchantment by a countercharm.

OriginLatin excantare →
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Meanings

nounexcantation (countable and uncountable, plural excantations)

plural excantations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableDisenchantment by a countercharm.

    […]his Cage, out of which, there was no possibility of getting, but by the power of a higher excantation

    1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote

Origin

  1. Latinexcantare“to charm out”
  2. Englishexcantation

Latin excantare (“to charm out”).

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APA

excantation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excantation

MLA

“excantation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excantation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excantation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excantation.

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