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• spell casting, spell-casting

名詞

spellcasting (usually uncountable, plural spellcastings)

1. The casting of magic spells.

   Synonyms: bewitchment, enchanting, ensorcellment; see also Thesaurus:enchantment, Thesaurus:magic

   • 1988, R[obert] A[nthony] Salvatore, “The Gathering Gloom”, in The Crystal Shard (The Icewind Dale Trilogy; 1), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 97:

     The true mages, lifelong students of the arcane arts, practiced their trade with due respect for the magic, ever wary of the potential consequences of their spellcastings.

   • 2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of all directors, brings Amblin magic to the kid-lit horror of The House With A Clock In Its Walls”, in The Onion AV Club‎, archived from the original on 20 September 2018:

     Lewis unwittingly brings Izard back from the dead trying to impress a schoolmate with his spellcasting abilities, and all magical Hell breaks loose.

関連する語

語源 2

From spellcast +‎ -ing.

動詞

spellcasting

1. present participle and gerund of spellcast

参照

• “spell-casting” under “spell, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.