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English
Etymology
From un- + spell.
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unspell (third-person singular simple present unspells, present participle unspelling, simple past and past participle unspelled)
- (transitive) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. , 2nd edition, London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, page 5:Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, [...]
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