Incantation

Definition: Incantation

Incantation

Noun

1. A ritual recitation of magical words or sounds.

Date "incantation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Etymology: Incantation \In`can*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression incantatio, from incantare to chant magic formula over one: compare to the French expression incantation. See Enchant.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Incantation n. Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result. Not used of passwords or other explicit security features. Especially used of tricks that are so poorly documented that they must be learned from a wizard. "This compiler normally locates initialized data in the data segment, but if you mutter the right incantation they will be forced into text space.". Source: Jargon File.
Dream Interpretation	To dream you are using incantations, signifies unpleasantness between husband and wife, or sweethearts. To hear others repeating them, implies dissembling among your friends. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Incantation A singing against, that is, singing a set form of words in order to bring Divine wrath upon persons or nations. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonym: Incantation

Synonym: Enchantment. (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Request	Orison; (worship); incantation; (spell).
Rite	Noun: rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance, observance, function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity, sacrament; incantation; (spell); service, psalmody; (worship).
Spell	Noun: 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.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Incantation

English words defined with "incantation": Cantrip ♦ Diabley ♦ enchantment ♦ spell ♦ Theurgic hymns, trance. (references)

Specialty definitions using "incantation": Deaf Adder ♦ exabyte, examining the entrails ♦ HOCUS POCUS. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Incantation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (incantation, spell).

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Incantation of Casanova (1967)
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Domain	Title
Books	Corpus of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls (reference) Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genazah: Selected Texts from Taylor-Schechler Box K1 (reference) Incantation (reference) Mystical rites and rituals : initiation and fertility rites, sacrifice and burial customs, incantation and ritual magic (reference) The Incantation [DOWNLOAD: MICROSOFT READER] (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Blue Incantation (reference) Incantation (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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"Incantation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Incantation" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	36	57,479

Expression using "incantation": cure by incantation. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "incantation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		yshtje, magji (bewitchment, black magic, cantrip, conjuration, enchantment, glamor, glamour, hex, magic, medicine, necromancy, pishogue, sorcery, spell, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry), fjalë magjike (juju, spell, spelt). (various references)

Arabic		‏تميمة (phylactery, talisman), ‏تعويذة (abracadabra, amulet, charm, exorcism, mascot, phylactery, talisman, voodoo), ‏سحر (attractiveness, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchment, catch, charm, conjure, diablerie, enamor, enamour, enchantment, fascinate, fascination, glamor, glamour, infatuation, loveliness, magic, magnetize, matinee, mesmerize, necromancy, overlook, pleasantness, prestige, quaintness, ravishment, relish, smite, sorcery, spell, spellbind, temptation, weirdness, witch, witchcraft, witchery, wiz, wizardry, zest), ‏رقية (charm, exorcism, spell). (various references)

Bulgarian		магическа формула, заклинание (adjuration, charm, conjuration, exorcism, invocation, obtestation, paternoster, spell). (various references)

Czech		inkantace, zaklínadlo (charm), zaříkávání (spell). (various references)

Farsi		تبلیغات (Propaganda, Publicity), سحر (Charm, Magic, Spell, Wizardry), طلسم (Abracadabra, Amulet, Charm, Glamor, Glamour, Juju, Ligature, Spell, Talisman), جادوگری (Sorcery, Voodoo, Witchcraft, Wizardry), جادو (Glamor, Glamour, Magic, Spell, Talisman, Weird, Wizard), افسون گری , افسون خوانی , افسون 2 (Glamour, Juju, Spell). (various references)

Finnish		loitsu (charm, spell). (various references)

French		incantation. (various references)

German		beschwörung (adjuration, charming, conjuration, entreaty, exorcism, invocation). (various references)

Greek		ξόρκι (juju, spell), μαγικό άσμα. (various references)

Hebrew		מלמול קסמים, לחש-� חש, שירת כשוף, כשוף (bewitched, enchanted, enchantment, magic, sorcery, spell, witchcraft, witchery). (various references)

Hungarian		varázsige (Abracadabra, spell). (various references)

Indonesian		mantera (charm, magic sentence), jampi (magic formula, spell), bacaan (liretarure, reading, reading material, style of recitation). (various references)

Italian		incanto (allurement, auction, charm, enchantment, glamor, glamour, magic, spell, witchery), incantesimo (charm, conjuration, enchantment, glamor, glamour, spell), magie. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 持 (faith-healing), 呪�" (magic, sorcery), 呪文 (charm, spell). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かじ (blacksmith, Chinese character, conflagration, domestic chores, faith-healing, fire, helm, housework, rudder, summertime), じゅも�" (charm, spell), じゅじゅつ (magic, sorcery). (various references)

Manx		pishag (charm, spell), obbeeys (charming, enchantment, magic, occultism, sorcery, spell-casting, witchcraft, wizardry), druiaght (fascination, magus). (various references)

Pig Latin		incantationay

Portuguese		feitiço (Abracadabra, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchantment, fetishist, hexagon, juju, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery), encantamento (Abracadabra, charm, conjuration, enchantment, glamor, glamour, juju, magic, spell), ardente (ablaze, afire, aflame, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing, burning, eager, feelingly, fervent, fervor, fierceness, fiery, flaming, het up, hot, hot-blooded, Hotspur, intense, keen, longing, passionate, scorching, torrid, tropic, tropical, vehement, volcanic, warm). (various references)

Romanian		incantaţie (conjuration), vrajã (allurement, charm, enchantment, glamor, glamour, relish, spell, witchery), formulã magicã (paternoster), descântec (disenchantment, exorcism), cuvinte magice. (various references)

Russian		заклинание (conjuration, exorcism, invocation, obsecration, obtestation, pishogue). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bajanje, čarobna reč. (various references)

Spanish		Encantación. (various references)

Swedish		besvärjelse (adjuration, conjuration, invocation, sorcery). (various references)

Thai		การปลุกเสก, คาถา. (various references)

Turkish		sihirli formül, sihir (charm, conjuration, enchantment, fascination, glamor, glamour, magic, sorcery, sortilege, spell, witchery), büyülü sözler, büyü (charm, enchantment, fascination, glamor, glamour, hex, hoodoo, magic, maya, medicine, romance, sorcery, sortilege, spell, the black art, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery), afsun (charm, spell). (various references)

Ukranian		чаклунство (conjury, enchantment, hoodoo, magic, medicine, necromancy, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery), заклинання (adjuration, charm, conjuration, exorcism, mantra, paternoster, spell). (various references)

Vietnamese		ngải (charm, philter, philtre), câu thần chú sự niệm thần chú bùa, bùa phép. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	nam-�ub. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cantatio, cantionum, cantu, cantum, incantatio, incantationes, incantationibus. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	charme. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "incantation": incantational, incantations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Incantation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: encantation, incantaion, incantator, incatation. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "incantation" (pronounced i'nkuntā"shun)
8	-k u n t ā" sh u n	recantation.
7	-u n t ā" sh u n	confrontation, disorientation, experimentation, fermentation, fragmentation, pigmentation, presentation, sedimentation, segmentation.
6	-n t ā" sh u n	argumentation, augmentation, documentation, implantation, implementation, indentation, instrumentation, misrepresentation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, plantation, regimentation, representation, transplantation.
5	-t ā" sh u n	accreditation, adaptation, affectation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, consultation, crustacean, decapitation, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, dilatation, disputation, dissertation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, exploitation, facilitation, flirtation, flotation, gestation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, importation, imputation, incapacitation, incrustation, infestation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, lactation, levitation, limitation, manifestation, meditation, misinterpretation, molestation, mutation, notation, palpitation, permutation, precipitation, premeditation, protestation, quotation, recitation, reforestation, refutation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, solicitation, station, superstation, temptation, transportation, vegetation, visitation.
4	-ā" sh u n	abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization.
3	-sh u n	abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-n-n-n-o-t-t"
	-2 letters: nicotiana.
	-3 letters: actinian, citation, inaction, incitant, natation.
	-4 letters: actinia, actinon, anionic, annatto, cantina, contain, nicotin, taction, titania, titanic.
	-5 letters: action, anatto, anoint, atonic, attain, cannon, cannot, canton, cation, incant, intact, natant, nation, niacin, octant, otitic, tannic, tannin, titian.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-i-n-n-n-o-t-t"
	+1 letter: incantations.
	+2 letters: contaminating, contamination, incantational.
	+3 letters: contaminations, nonparticipant.
	+4 letters: decontaminating, decontamination, nonantagonistic, nonparticipants, recontaminating, recontamination.
	+5 letters: anticonservation, anticonventional, containerisation, containerization, contraindicating, contraindication, decontaminations, nonmathematician, nonparticipating, nonparticipation, recontaminations.
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