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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun witch has 4 senses
- witch(n = noun.person) enchantress - a female sorcerer or magician; is a kind of occultist
- witch(n = noun.person) - a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil; is a member of coven
- witch(n = noun.person) wiccan - a believer in Wicca; is a kind of pagan
- witch(n = noun.person) beldam, beldame, crone, hag - an ugly evil-looking old woman; is a kind of old woman
Derived form verb witch1
is a kind of imaginary being, imaginary creature
has particulars: pythoness, warlock
Derived form verb witch1
Verb witch has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
witch, n. [Cf. Wick of a lamp.].
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper. [1913 Webster]
witch, n. [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. wītiga, wītga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.].
- One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well. [1913 Webster]"There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch." [1913 Webster]"He can not abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch." [1913 Webster]
- An ugly old woman; a hag. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child. [1913 Webster]
- A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera. [1913 Webster]
- The stormy petrel. [1913 Webster]
- A Wiccan; an adherent or practitioner of Wicca, a religion which in different forms may be paganistic and nature-oriented, or ditheistic. The term witch applies to both male and female adherents in this sense. [PJC]
witch, v. t. [AS. wiccian.].
To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant. [1913 Webster]
"[I 'll] witch sweet ladies with my words and looks."
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"Whether within us or without
The spell of this illusion be
That witches us to hear and see." [1913 Webster]
The spell of this illusion be
That witches us to hear and see." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
witch, n. & v.
--n.
1 a sorceress, esp. a woman supposed to have dealings with the devil or evil spirits.
2 an ugly old woman; a hag.
3 a fascinating girl or woman.
4 a flat-fish, Pleuronectes cynoglossus, resembling the lemon sole.
--v.tr. archaic 1 bewitch.
2 fascinate, charm, lure.
--n.
1 a sorceress, esp. a woman supposed to have dealings with the devil or evil spirits.
2 an ugly old woman; a hag.
3 a fascinating girl or woman.
4 a flat-fish, Pleuronectes cynoglossus, resembling the lemon sole.
--v.tr. archaic 1 bewitch.
2 fascinate, charm, lure.
Idiom
witch-doctor a tribal magician of primitive people. witches' sabbath see SABBATH 3. witch-hunt
1 hist. a search for and persecution of supposed witches.
2 a campaign directed against a particular group of those holding unpopular or unorthodox views, esp. communists. the witching hour midnight, when witches are supposedly active (after Shakesp. Hamlet III. ii. 377 the witching time of night).
1 hist. a search for and persecution of supposed witches.
2 a campaign directed against a particular group of those holding unpopular or unorthodox views, esp. communists. the witching hour midnight, when witches are supposedly active (after Shakesp. Hamlet III. ii. 377 the witching time of night).
Derivative
witching adj. witchlike adj.
Etymology
OE wicca (masc.), wicce (fem.), rel. to wiccian (v.) practise magic arts