Word Meanings - UNSPELL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To break the power of ; to release from the influence of a spell; to disenchant. Such practices as these, . . . The more judicious Israelites unspelled. Dryden.
Related words: (words related to UNSPELL)
- BREAKMAN
See BRAKEMAN - RELEASE
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. - BREAKABLE
Capable of being broken. - POWERFUL
Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any - POWERABLE
1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden. - SPELLBIND
To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n. - SPELLFUL
Abounding in spells, or charms. Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole. - THESE
The plural of this. See This. - JUDICIOUS
Of or relating to a court; judicial. His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing. Shak. 2. Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet. He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The - JUDICIOUSLY
In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely. - BREAKAWAY
A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. 2. An animal that breaks away from a herd. - SPELLER
1. One who spells. 2. A spelling book. - BREAKDOWN
1. The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall. A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, - BREAK-CIRCUIT
A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit. - BREAK
brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel.braka to creak, Sw. braka, bräkka to crack, Dan. brække to break, Goth. brikan to break, 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break - INFLUENCE
Induction. Syn. -- Control; persuasion; ascendency; sway; power; authority; supremacy; mastery; management; restraint; character; reputation; prestige. (more info) 1. A flowing in or upon; influx. God hath his influence into the very essence of - RELEASEMENT
The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton. - DISENCHANT
To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden. - SPELLBOUND
Bound by, or as by, a spell. - BREAKER
A small water cask. Totten. 4. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface. The breakers were right beneath her bows. Longfellow. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, breaks. I'll be - MAKE AND BREAK
Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. - LAWBREAKER
One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a. - CANDLE POWER
Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. - RESPELL
To spell again. - OATHBREAKING
The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak - PEACEBREAKER
One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n. - IMPOWER
See EMPOWER - UPBREAK
To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface. - PERBREAK
See PARBREAK - OUTBREAK
A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection. "Mobs and outbreaks." J. H. Newman. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak. - POLICE POWER
The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or the powers - DISEMPOWER
To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.