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1
a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers
- the 17th-century house had once belonged to a woman who was hanged as a witch
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3
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
- freakish storms that were once thought to be the work of witches
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witch
verb
archaic
Synonyms & Antonyms of witch (Entry 2 of 2)
to attract or delight as if by magic
- the woman did witch me with her gentle smile
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“Witch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch. Accessed 17 May. 2022.
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