" spell "

[Verb]  | "spell" | \ ˈspel \

1: to name the letters of in order; also : to write or print the letters of in order

2: to write or print the letters of in a particular way

3: to make up (a word)

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, to mean, signify, read by spelling out letters, from Anglo-French espeleir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English spellian to relate, spell talk;

[Verb]  | "spell" | \ ˈspel \

1: to put under a spell

Origin: circa 1623 ;

[Verb]  | "spell" 

1: to take the place of for a time : relieve

2: rest

3: to work in turns

Origin: 1595 ;

 Middle English spelen, from Old English spelian; akin to Old English spala substitute;

[Verb]  | "spell-check" 

1: to check the spelling of (something, such a document or block of text) by using a spellchecker

Origin: 1983 ;

[Verb]  | "spell out" 

1: to make plain

2: to write or print in letters and in full

Origin: 1940 ;

[Noun]  | "spell" 

1: a spoken word or form of words held to have magic power

2: a state of enchantment

3: a strong compelling influence or attraction

Origin: 1579 ;

 Middle English, talk, tale, from Old English; akin to Old High German spel talk, tale;

[Noun]  | "spell" 

1: an indeterminate period of time; also : a continuous period of time

2: a stretch of a specified type of weather

3: a period of bodily or mental distress or disorder

Origin: 1593 ;

 Probably alteration of Middle English spale substitute, from Old English spala;

[Noun]  | "spell-check" | \ ˈspel-ˌchek \

1: the act or process of using a spellchecker to identify possible misspellings; also : the function or capability provided by a spellchecker —often used before another noun

Origin: 1983 ;

[Idiom]  | "spell doom" 

1: to lead to the failure or end of something

[Noun]  | "spell" 

[Verb]  | "spell" 

[Verb]  | "spell out"