A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation.

synoniemen: enchantment, trance.

Roget 601: involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn proclivity, innate proclivity; native tendency, natural tendency; natural impulse, predetermination.    necessity, necessitation; obligation; compulsion etc. 744; subjection etc. 749; stern necessity, hard necessity, dire necessity, imperious necessity, inexorable necessity, iron necessity, adverse necessity; fate; what must be.    destiny, destination; fatality, fate, kismet, doom, foredoom, election, predestination; preordination, foreordination; lot fortune; fatalism; inevitableness etc. adj.; spell etc. 993.    star, stars; planet, planets; astral influence; sky, Fates, Parcae, Sisters three, book of fate; God's will, will of Heaven; wheel of Fortune, Ides of March, Hobson's choice.    last shift, last resort; dernier ressort [Fr.]; pis aller etc. (substitute) 147 [Fr.]; necessaries etc. (requirement) 630.    necessarian^†, necessitarian^†; fatalist; automaton.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 686: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt^†; stroke of work, stitch of work.    a strong pull a long pull and a pull all a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together;" dead lift; heft; gymnastics; exercise, exercitation^†; wear and tear; ado; toil and trouble; uphill work, hard work, warm work; harvest time.    labor, work, toil, travail, manual labor, sweat of one's brow, swink^†, drudgery, slavery, fagging^†, hammering; limae labor [Lat.]; industry, industriousness, operoseness^†, operosity^†.    trouble, pains, duty; resolution etc. 604; energy etc. (physical) 171.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 689: bracing etc. v.; recovery of strength, recuperation etc. 159; restoration, revival etc. 660; repair, refection, refocillation^†, refreshment, regalement^†, bait; relief etc. 834.    break, spell.    refreshment stand; refreshments; [Refreshments], ice cream, cold soda, soda pop, hot dogs (food). ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: trance, toverspreuk, ban, betovering

A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else):
— A spell of work.

synoniemen: go, tour, turn.

Nederlands: koebel, toer, tour

A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition:
— A spell of good weather.

synoniemen: patch, piece, while.

Roget 106: time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; the whole time, the whole period; space-time; course etc. 109; snap.    intermediate time, while, interim, interval, pendency^†; intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude; respite.    era, epoch; time of life, age, year, date; decade etc. (period) 108; moment, etc. (instant) 113.    glass of time, sands of time, march of time, Father Time, ravages of time; arrow of time; river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless foot of time; scythe.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: poosje, een hele tijd, momentje, tijdje, periode, poos, wijl

A verbal formula believed to have magical force:
— He whispered a spell as he moved his hands.

synoniemen: charm, magic spell, magical spell.

Roget 993: spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala^†, exsufflation^†, cantrap^†, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm^†, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum.    talisman, amulet, periapt^†, telesm^†, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei [Lat.], lamb of God; furcula^†, madstone^†; mascot, mascotte^†; merrythought^†; Om, Aum^†; scarab, scarabaeus^†; sudarium^†, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot^†, gammadion^†.    wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin^†; wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 615: motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action.    reason, ground, call, principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring, primum mobile [Lat.], keystone; the why and the wherefore; pro and con, reason why; secret motive, arriere pensee [Fr.]; intention etc. 620.    inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation^†, allective^†; temptation, enticement, agacerie^†, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell etc. 993; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple.    persuasibility^†, persuasibleness^†; attractability^†; impressibility, susceptibility; softness; persuasiveness, attractiveness; tantalization^†.    influence, prompting, dictate, instance; impulse, impulsion; incitement, incitation; press, instigation; provocation etc. (excitation of feeling) 824; inspiration; persuasion, suasion; encouragement, advocacy; exhortation; advice etc. 695; solicitation etc. (request) 765; lobbyism; pull [Slang].    incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus^†, rowel, provocative, whet, dram.    bribe, lure; decoy, decoy duck; bait, trail of a red herring; bribery and corruption; sop, sop for Cerberus.    prompter, tempter; seducer, seductor^†; instigator, firebrand, incendiary; Siren, Circe; agent provocateur; lobbyist.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: betovering, toverformule, toverspreuk
Pools: zaklęcie

Orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of:
— How do you spell this word?.
— We had to spell out our names for the police officer.

synoniem: spell out.

Roget 539: learn; acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning.    acquaint oneself with, master; make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with; grind, cram; get up, coach up; learn by heart, learn by rote.    read, spell, peruse; con over, pore over, thumb over; wade through; dip into; run the eye over, run the eye through; turn over the leaves.    study; be studious etc. adj.. [study intensely] burn the midnight oil, consume the midnight oil, mind one's book; cram.    go to school, go to college, go to the university; matriculate; serve an apprenticeship, serve one's apprenticeship, serve one's time; learn one's trade; be informed etc. 527; be taught etc. 537.    [stop going to school voluntarily (intransitive)] drop out, leave school, quit school; graduate; transfer; take a leave.    [cause to stop going to school (transitive)] dismiss, expel, kick out of school.    [stop going to school involuntarily] flunk out; be dismissed etc. ... meer laten zien

Indicate or signify:
— I'm afraid this spells trouble!.

synoniem: import.

Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word):
— He spelled the word wrong in this letter.

synoniem: write.

Nederlands: neerpennen, pennen, schrijven, spellen

Relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn.

Place under a spell.

Take turns working.