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/ʌnˈspɛl/ · verb
(transitive) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant..
Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, […]
If Burd Ellen had gone “widishins" round the church, she would, I think, have used the best homoeopathic specific against the Elf-King's power; for "to go widishins" was the chief element in elfin practices, and if mortals wished to resist or unspell elf-craft, they, too, had "to go widershins," or they had to repeat the Paternoster backwards, which came to the same thing, or do something else contrariwise.
Use unspell when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unspell means (transitive) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include spell.
Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, […]
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