witchery Meaning, Definition & Usage

Witch"er*y noun

Wordforms

plural Witcheries

Definitions

1. Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft.

   Great Comus, Deep skilled in all his mother's witcheries. Milton.

   A woman infamous . . . for witcheries. Sir W. Scott.

2. Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment.

   He never felt The witchery of the soft blue sky. Wordsworth.

   The dear, dear witchery of song. Bryant.