Meaning Of The Word Witch
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Witch Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Witch?
witch
countable noun: A witch is someone who claims to have magic powers and to be able to use them for good or bad purposes. countable noun: In fairy stories, a witch is a woman, usually an old woman, who has evil magic powers. Witches often wear a pointed black hat, and have a pet black cat. witch in American English a person, esp. a woman, having supernatural power as by a compact with the devil or evil spirits; sorceress dowse2 to put a magic spell on; bewitch adjective: of, pertaining to, or designed as protection against witches intransitive verb: to prospect with a divining rod; dowse noun: a person, now esp. a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic, esp. black magic or the black art; sorceress transitive verb: to bring by or as by witchcraft witch in British English 1 noun: historically, in mythology and fiction, a woman believed to practise magic or sorcery, esp black magic witch in British English 2 noun: a flatfish, Pleuronectes (or Glyptocephalus) cynoglossus, of N Atlantic coastal waters, having a narrow greyish-brown body marked with tiny black spots: family Pleuronectidae (plaice, flounders, etc) witch- in British English prefix: having pliant branches |
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