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unmagic en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From un- + magic.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To deprive of magic or of magical prowess
    • 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." 2012, Anne Poltera, Castle Magic and the Sinister Encroaching Fir Wood, page 163:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unmagicked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unmagicked Tense=Past lexicographic
unmagicking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unmagics Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

unmagic en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From un- + magic.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Lack or absence of magic; magiclessness
    • Tying and knotting the net, she had become attuned to unmagic. 2011, Tamora Pierce, Magic Steps: