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Spell [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A story; a tale.

2. A charm consisting of some words of occult power. Start not; her actions shall be holy; you hear my speel is lawful. Begin, begin; the mystic spell prepare.

3. A turn of work; relief; turn of duty. Take a spell at the pump. Their toil is so extreme, that they cannot endure it above four hours in a day, but are succeed by spells.

4. In New England, a short time; a little time. [Not elegant.]

5. A turn of gratuitous labor, sometimes accompanied with presents. People give their neighbors a spell

Spell [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To form words with the proper letters, either in reading or writing. He knows not how to spell Our orthography is so irregular that most persons never learn to spell

2. To read.

Spell [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. preterit tense and participle passive spelled or spelt.

2. To tell or name the letters of a word, with a proper division of syllables, for the with a proper division of syllables, for the purpose of learning the pronunciation. In this matter children learn to read by first spelling the words.

3. To write or print with the proper letters; to form words by correct orthography. The word satire ought to be spelled with i, and not with y.

4. To take another's place or turn temporarily in any labor or service. [This is a popular use of the word in New England.]

5. To charm; as spelled with words of power.

6. To read; to discover by characters or marks; with out; as, to speel out the sense of an author. We are not left to spell out a God in the works of creation.

7. To tell; to relate; to teach. [Not in use.]

Spell [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A spelk, or splinter.

2. The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.

3. The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.

4. One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.

5. A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.

6. A story; a tale.

7. A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.

Spell [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.

2. To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.

Spell [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.

2. To tell; to relate; to teach.

3. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

4. To constitute; to measure.

5. To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.

6. To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.

Spellable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being spelt.

Spellbound [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bound by, or as by, a spell.

Spelled [Preterit tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

and participle passive of spell.

Spelled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. of Spell

2. of Spell

Speller [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that spells; one skilled in spelling.

Speller [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who spells.

2. A spelling book.

Spellful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Abounding in spells, or charms.

Spelling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of naming the letters of a word, or the act of writing or printing words with their proper letters.

2. Orthography; the manner of forming words with letters. Bad spelling is disreputable to a gentleman.

Spelling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Naming the letters of a word, or writing them; forming words with their proper letters.

2. Taking another's turn.

Spelling [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to spelling.

Spelling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.

Spelling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. of Spell

2. of Spell

Spelling-book [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A book for teaching children to spell and read.

Spellken [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A theater.

Spellwork [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment.

Time Roget’s Thesaurus §106

N. time, duration, period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season, the whole time, the whole period, space-time, course, snap, intermediate time, while, interim, interval, pendency, intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude, respite, era, epoch, time of life, age, year, date, decade, moment, &c. (instant) 113, glass of time, sands of time, march of time, father time, ravages of time, arrow of time, river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless foot of time, scythe

V. continue last endure, go on, remain, persist, intervene, elapse, hold out, take time, take up time, fill time, occupy time, pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume time, talk against time, tide over, use time, employ time, seize an opportunity, waste time

Adj. continuing, on foot, permanent

Adv. while, whilst, during, pending, during the time, during the interval, in the course of, at that point, at that point in time, for the time being, day by day, in the time of, when, meantime, meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim, ad interim, pendente lite, de die in diem, from day to day, from hour to hour &c, hourly, always, for a time, for a season, till, until, up to, yet, as far as, by that time, so far, hereunto, heretofore, prior to this, up to this point, the whole time, all the time, all along, throughout, for good &c. (diuturnity) 110, hereupon, thereupon, whereupon, then, anno domini, a, d, ante christum, a, c, before christ, b, c, anno urbis conditae, a, u, c, anno regni, a, r, once upon a time, one fine morning, one fine day, one day, once

Phr. time flies, tempus fugit, time runs out, time runs against, race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the essence, "time and tide wait for no man", ad calendas groecas, "panting time toileth after him in vain", "'gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion", "rich with the spoils of time", tempus edax rerum, "the long hours come and go", "the time is out of joint", "time rolls his ceaseless course", "time the foe of man's dominion", "time wasted is existence, used is life", truditur dies die, volat hora per orbem, carpe diem

Learning Roget’s Thesaurus §539

N. learning, acquisition of knowledge, acquisition of skill, acquirement, attainment, edification, scholarship, erudition, acquired knowledge, lore, wide information, self- instruction, study, reading, perusal, inquiry, apprenticeship, prenticeship, pupilage, pupilarity, tutelage, novitiate, matriculation, docility, aptitude

V. learn, acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning, acquaint oneself with, master, make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with, grind, cram, get up, coach up, learn by heart, learn by rote, read, spell, peruse, con over, pore over, thumb over, wade through, dip into, run the eye over, run the eye through, turn over the leaves, study, be studious, burn the midnight oil, consume the midnight oil, mind one's book, cram, go to school, go to college, go to the university, matriculate, serve an (or one's) apprenticeship, serve one's time, learn one's trade, be informed, be taught, drop out, leave school, quit school, graduate, transfer, take a leave, dismiss, expel, kick out of school, flunk out, be dismissed &c

Adj. studious, scholastic, scholarly, teachable, docile, apt, industrious

Adv. at one's books, in statu pupillari

Phr. "a lumber-house of books in every head", ancora imparo, "hold high converse with the mighty dead", "lash'd into latin by the tingling rod"

Letter Roget’s Thesaurus §561

N. letter, character, hieroglyphic, type, capitals, digraph, trigraph, ideogram, ideograph, majuscule, minuscule, majuscule, minuscule, alphabet, abc, abecedary, christcross-row, consonant, vowel, diphthong, triphthong, mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural, syllable, monosyllable, dissyllable, polysyllable, affix, suffix, spelling, orthograph, phonography, phonetic spelling, anagrammatism, metagrammatism, cipher, monogram, anagram, doubleacrostic

V. spell

Adj. literal, alphabetical, abecedarian, syllabic, majuscular, minuscular, uncial

Necessity Roget’s Thesaurus §601

N. involuntariness, instinct, blind impulse, inborn proclivity, innate proclivity, native tendency, natural tendency, natural impulse, predetermination, necessity, necessitation, obligation, compulsion, subjection, stern necessity, hard necessity, dire necessity, imperious necessity, inexorable necessity, iron necessity, adverse necessity, fate, what must be, destiny, destination, fatality, fate, kismet, doom, foredoom, election, predestination, preordination, foreordination, lot fortune, fatalism, inevitableness, spell, star, stars, planet, planets, astral influence, sky, fates, parcae, sisters three, book of fate, god's will, will of heaven, wheel of fortune, ides of march, hobson's choice, last shift, last resort, dernier ressort, pis aller, necessaries, necessarian, necessitarian, fatalist, automaton

V. lie under a necessity, befated, be doomed, be destined &c. in for, under the necessity of, have no choice, have no alternative, be one's fate, to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner, to be unable to help, destine, doom, foredoom, devote, predestine, preordain, cast a spell, necessitate, compel

Adj. necessary, needful, fated, destined, elect, spellbound, compulsory, uncontrollable, inevitable, unavoidable, irresistible, irrevocable, inexorable, avoidless, resistless, involuntary, instinctive, automatic, blind, mechanical, unconscious, unwitting, unthinking, unintentional, impulsive

Adv. necessarily, of necessity, of course, ex necessitate rei, needs must, perforce, nolens volens, will he nil he, willy nilly, bon gre mal gre, willing or unwilling, coute que coute, faute de mieux, by stress of, if need be

Phr. it cannot be helped, there is no help for, there is no helping it, it will be, it must be, it needs to be, it must be so, it will have its way, the die is cast, jacta est alea, che sara sara, "it is written", one's days are numbered, one's fate is sealed, fata obstant, diis aliter visum, actum me invito factus, non est meus actus, aujord'hui roi demain rien, quisque suos patimur manes, "the moving finger writes and having writ moves on. nor all your piety and wit can bring it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it."

Motive Roget’s Thesaurus §615

N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action, reason, ground, call, principle, by end, by purpose, mainspring, primum mobile, keystone, the why and the wherefore, pro and con, reason why, secret motive, arriere pensee, intention, inducement, consideration, attraction, loadstone, magnet, magnetism, magnetic force, allectation|, allective|, temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery, bewitchment, bewitchery, charm, spell, fascination, blandishment, cajolery, seduction, seducement, honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple, persuasibility, persuasibleness, attractability, impressibility, susceptibility, softness, persuasiveness, attractiveness, tantalization, influence, prompting, dictate, instance, impulse, impulsion, incitement, incitation, press, instigation, provocation, inspiration, persuasion, suasion, encouragement, advocacy, exhortation, advice, solicitation, lobbyism, pull*, incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus, rowel, provocative, whet, dram, bribe, lure, decoy, decoy duck, bait, trail of a red herring, bribery and corruption, sop, sop for cerberus, prompter, tempter, seducer, seductor, instigator, firebrand, incendiary, siren, circe, agent provocateur, lobbyist

V. induce, move, draw, draw on, bring in its train, give an impulse, to, inspire, put up to, prompt, call up, attract, beckon, stimulate, spirit up, inspirit, rouse, arouse, animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate, act upon, work upon, operate upon, encourage, pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder, influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate, lead by the nose, have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon, go round, come round one, turn the head, magnetize, lobby, persuade, prevail with, prevail upon, overcome, carry, bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses, draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over, procure, enlist, engage, invite, court, tempt, seduce, overpersuade, entice, allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm, conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure, inveigle, tantalize, cajole, tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook, enforce, force, impel, propel, whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge, egg on, hound, hurry on, drag, exhort, advise, call upon &c. press, advocate, set an example, set the fashion, keep in countenance, be persuaded &c, yield to temptation, come round, concede, obey a call, follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of, act on principle

Adj. impulsive, motive, suasive, suasory, persuasive, persuasory, hortative, hortatory, protreptical|, inviting, tempting, &c. v, suasive, suasory, seductive, attractive, fascinating, provocative, induced, disposed, persuadable, spellbound, instinct with, smitten with, infatuated, inspired, by

Adv. because, therefore, from this motive, from that motive, for this reason, for that reason, for, by reason of, for the sake of, count of, out of, from, as, forasmuch as, for all the world, on principle

Phr. fax mentis incendium gloriae, "temptation hath a music for all ears" "to beguile many and be beguiled by one"

Exertion Roget’s Thesaurus §686

N. exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt, stroke of work, stitch of work, "a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together", dead lift, heft, gymnastics, exercise, exercitation, wear and tear, ado, toil and trouble, uphill work, hard work, warm work, harvest time, labor, work, toil, travail, manual labor, sweat of one's brow, swink, drudgery, slavery, fagging, hammering, limae labor, industry, industriousness, operoseness, operosity, trouble, pains, duty, resolution, energy

V. exert oneself, exert one's energies, tax one's energies, use exertion, labor, work, toil, moil, sweat, fag, drudge, slave, drag a lengthened chain, wade through, strive, stretch a long arm, pull, tug, ply, ply the oar, tug at the oar, do the work, take the laboring oar bestir oneself (be active) 682, take trouble, trouble oneself, work hard, rough it, put forth one's strength, put forth a strong arm, fall to work, bend the bow, buckle to, set one's shoulder to the wheel, work like a horse, work like a cart horse, work like a galley slave, work like a coal heaver, labor day and night, work day and night, redouble one's efforts, do double duty, work double hours, work double tides, sit up, burn the candle at both ends, stick to, work one's way, fight one's way, lay about one, hammer at, take pains, do one's best, do one's level best, do one's utmost, give one hundred percent, do the best one can, do all one can, do all in one's power, do as much as in one lies, do what lies in one's power, use one's best endeavor, use one's utmost endeavor, try one's best, try one's utmost, play one's best card, put one's best leg foremost, put one's right leg foremost, have one's whole soul in his work, put all one's strength into, strain every nerve, spare no efforts, spare no pains, go all lengths, go through fire and water, move heaven and earth, leave no stone unturned

Adj. laboring, laborious, operose, elaborate, strained, toilsome, troublesome, wearisome, uphill, herculean, gymnastic, palestric, hard-working, painstaking, strenuous, energetic, hard at work, on the stretch

Adv. laboriously, lustily, pugnis et calcibus, with might and main, with all one's might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado, to the best of one's abilities, totis viribus, vi et armis, manibus pedibusque, tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro, hammer and tongs, heart and soul, through thick and thin, by the sweat of one's brow, suo marte

Phr. aide-toi le ciel t'aidera, "and still be doing, never done", buen principio la mitad es hecha, cosa ben fatta e' fatta due volie, "it is better to wear out than to rust out", labor omnia vincit "labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in heaven", le travail du corps delivre des peines de l'esprit, manu forti, ora et labora

Refreshment Roget’s Thesaurus §689

N. bracing, recovery of strength, recuperation, restoration, revival, repair, refection, refocillation|, refreshment, regalement, bait, relief, break, spell, refreshment stand, refreshments, ice cream, cold soda, soda pop, hot dogs (food)

V. brace, reinvigorate, air, freshen up, refresh, recruit, repair, fan, refocillate|, refresh the inner man, breathe, respire, drink in the ozone, take a break, take a breather, take five, draw breath, take a deep breath, take breath, gather breath, take a long breath, regain breath, recover breath, get better, raise one's head, recover one's strength, regain one's strength, renew one's strength, perk up, get one's second wind, come to oneself, feel refreshed, feel like a giant refreshed

Adj. refreshing, recuperative, refreshed, untired, unwearied

Spell Roget’s Thesaurus §993

N. spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation|, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, ephesian letters, bell book and candle, mumbo jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum, talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter, fetich, fetish, agnus dei, furcula, madstone, mascot, mascotte, merrythought, om, aum, scarab, scarabaeus, sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone, swastika, fylfot, gammadion, wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of aladdin, wishing-cap, fortunatus's cap