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  • 31spell*/ — [spel] (past tense and past participle spelt [spelt] spelled) verb I 1) [I/T] to write or say the letters of a word in the correct order Can you spell ‘beautiful ?[/ex] You ve spelt my name wrong.[/ex] Her writing is neat, but she can t… …

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  • 32spell — I verb the drought spelled disaster for them spell out Syn: signal, signify, mean, amount to, add up to, constitute; portend, augur, herald, bode, promise; involve; literary betoken, foretoken, forebode II noun 1) …

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  • 33spell — I verb the drought spelled disaster Syn: signal, signify, mean, amount to, add up to, constitute Phrases: spell something out II noun 1) the witch muttered a spell Syn: charm …

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  • 34spell — Synonyms and related words: Jonah, access, act for, add up to, alchemy, allure, alternate, amount to, appeal, argue, arsis, attraction, augur, bad influence, be construed as, beat, becharm, beguile, bespeak, betoken, bewitch, bewitchery,… …

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  • 35spell — English has three distinct words spell, although two of them come from the same ultimate source. Spell ‘name the letters of a word’ [13] was adapted from Old French espeler ‘read out’. This was descended from an earlier *espeldre, which was… …

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  • 36spell — English has three distinct words spell, although two of them come from the same ultimate source. Spell ‘name the letters of a word’ [13] was adapted from Old French espeler ‘read out’. This was descended from an earlier *espeldre, which was… …

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  • 37Spell — Rose McDowall (* 21. Oktober 1959 in Glasgow) ist eine schottische Musikerin, die seit 1978 in verschiedenen Gruppen und solo spielt und singt. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Musik 3 Diskografie 3.1 Strawberry Switchblade …

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  • 38spell — 1. noun /spɛl/ a) Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. He cast a spell to cure warts. b) A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. under a spell Syn: cantrip …

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  • 39spell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. charm, trance; talisman; incantation, sorcery, magic; witchery, allure, glamour; enchantment; spellbinding; term, period, interval; time; turn, stretch; breathing spell, respite. See substitution,… …

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  • 40Spell — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Spell >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 spell spell charm incantation exorcism weird cabala exsufflation| cantrap runes abracadabra open sesame countercharm Ephesian letters bell book a …

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