bewitchery

noun

Definition of bewitcherynext
as in witchcraft
the power to control natural forces through supernatural means would have thought that only an act of bewitchery could make snow fall in Florida, but the state has a history of modest snow accumulations

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  1. witchcraft
  2. sorcery
  3. magic
Noun
  • Eclipses, which used to be thought of as magic or even witchcraft, depending on what suited them at the moment, are now understood to be just a function of the Earth's alignment with the sun and moon.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The roughly 25-acre farm is also home to a reproduction of the Salem Village Meeting House, the site of many early hearings about the Salem witchcraft hysteria.
    — Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of witchcraft
Noun
  • To this point, Gungnir has focused on superheroes, science fiction, and fantasy storytelling, and the deal with ProgCore will expand this into dark fantasy and sword and sorcery IP.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
  • His brother-in-law had been accused of sorcery, and his home had been set on fire.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of sorcery
Noun
  • Enter Professor Ian Wright (Lee Pace), whom Sally and Gillian discover stark naked in his London apartment under the influence of dark magic.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But the freshman came back to the underthrown ball and made magic happen.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of magic
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