spellcasting

plural spellcastings · alternative spell casting · alternative spell-casting

1. uncountableusuallyThe casting of magic spells.

   Lewis unwittingly brings Izard back from the dead trying to impress a schoolmate with his spellcasting abilities, and all magical Hell breaks loose.

   2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of all directors, brings Amblin magic to the kid-lit horror of The House With A Clock In Its Walls”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2018

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   The true mages, lifelong students of the arcane arts, practiced their trade with due respect for the magic, ever wary of the potential consequences of their spellcastings.

   1988, R[obert] A[nthony] Salvatore, “The Gathering Gloom”, in The Crystal Shard (The Icewind Dale Trilogy; 1), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 97

   Synonyms: bewitchment, enchanting, ensorcellment, bewitching, bewitchment, enchanting, enchantment, fascination

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spellcast