incanting
Reciting magic words
Incanting is the act of chanting or reciting words with ritual or magical intent.
Someone incanting speaks formulaic phrases—spells, prayers, or invocations—often in a rhythmic or ceremonial manner: The priest stood incanting over the altar.
The word can describe any dramatic or repetitive verbal performance: She kept incanting the same talking points.
Performing magical incantations
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
bewitchment · thaumaturgy · warlock · sorcerer · potion · amulet · talisman · wand
Repeated focus phrase
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- intoningUttering in measured pitch
- vocalizingProducing sounds with voice
psalmody · litany · dirge · cadence · rhythm · droning · monotone · repetition
Understood by few
- occultConcealed from view
- esotericAccessible to few
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- necromancyCommunicating with the deceased
clairvoyance · augury · theurgy · cabala · omens · prophecy · soothsaying · scrying
Completely capturing one's attention
- entrancingDeeply captivating or bewitching
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
- hypnoticInducing trance or slumber
transfixing · enthralling · mesmerizing · absorbing · engrossing · beguiling · charming · compelling
Formal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- altarSacred ritual table
offering · consecration · sacrifice · ablution · devotion · worship · veneration · propitiation
spellcasting
Performing magical incantations
witchcraft · bewitchment · thaumaturgy · warlock · sorcerer · potion · amulet · talisman · wand · charm
mantra
Repeated focus phrase
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- intoningUttering in measured pitch
vocalizing · psalmody · litany · dirge · cadence · rhythm · droning · monotone · repetition · vocalization
arcane
Understood by few
- occultConcealed from view
- esotericAccessible to few
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
necromancy · clairvoyance · augury · theurgy · cabala · omens · prophecy · soothsaying · scrying · runes
spellbinding
Completely capturing one's attention
- entrancingDeeply captivating or bewitching
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
hypnotic · transfixing · enthralling · mesmerizing · absorbing · engrossing · beguiling · charming · compelling · riveting
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
altar · offering · consecration · sacrifice · ablution · devotion · worship · veneration · propitiation · cleansing
incantingsilent prayer
Voiceless religious entreaty
thinking · muting · contemplating · listening · mouthing
incantingdispelling
Scattering or eliminating
unenchanting · disenchanting · revoking · banishing · exorcising
incantingchatting
Informal verbal exchange
ad-libbing · mumbling · small talk · everyday speech · improvising
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