incantation
noun/ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃn/
/ˌɪnkænˈteɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable]- special words that are spoken or sung to have a magic effect; the act of speaking or singing these wordsWord Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin incantatio(n-), from incantare ‘chant, bewitch’, from in- (expressing intensive force) + cantare ‘sing’.
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