Unmagic

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack or absence of magic; magiclessness uncountable

    "Tying and knotting the net, she had become attuned to unmagic."

Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of magic or of magical prowess transitive

    "However, he obediently sat down and shut his eyes. After a while he opened them and said, “I must have been able to 'unmagic' a crow just by being kind to it, and I was able to contact trees and things in the garden.""

Example

More examples

"However, he obediently sat down and shut his eyes. After a while he opened them and said, “I must have been able to 'unmagic' a crow just by being kind to it, and I was able to contact trees and things in the garden.""

Etymology

From un- + magic.

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