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[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;
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[Verb] | "spell" | \ ˈspel \
1: to put under a spell
Origin: circa 1623 ;
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[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;
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[Verb] | "spell out"
1: to make plain
2: to write or print in letters and in full
Origin: 1940 ;
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[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;
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[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;
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[Noun] | "coun*ter*spell" | \ ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌspel \
1: a spell that counters or negates another spell
Origin: 1725 ;
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[Noun] | "di*sas*ter" | \ di-ˈza-stər \
1: a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction
2: someone or something that is very bad: such as
3: someone or something that is extremely unsuccessful
Origin: 1567 ;
Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French desastre, from Old Italian disastro, from dis- (from Latin) + astro star, from Latin astrum{mat|astral|};
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[Noun] | "spells"
1: a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power;
* e.g., " ... the witch cast a spell that turned the prince into a toad "
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2: a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder;
* e.g., " ... a dizzy spell that caused me to fall "
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[Noun] | "spell"
1: a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power;
* e.g., " ... the witch cast a spell that turned the prince into a toad "
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hex,
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2: a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder;
* e.g., " ... a dizzy spell that caused me to fall "
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[Verb] | "spells"
1: to cast a spell on;
* e.g., " ... it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims "
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[Verb] | "spell"
1: to cast a spell on;
* e.g., " ... it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims "
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[Verb] | "spells out"
1: to make plain or understandable;
* e.g., " ... the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man "
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[Verb] | "spell out"
1: to make plain or understandable;
* e.g., " ... the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man "
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(10) - Urban Dictionary
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# 1 - { spelling:325151 }
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[ "spelling" ]
1: A lost art.
* e.g., ... wuht ish teh speling tset? O_o
# 2 - { spelling:1424250 }
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[ "spelling" ]
1: A very basic skill that most of the contributers on UD need to learn.
* e.g., ... I get annoyed reading entries on UD due to the poor spelling.
# 3 - { spelling:1907029 }
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[ "spelling" ]
1: Refers to the correct way to spell certain words.
* e.g., ... n00b: omg liek i ownn u baich u suk dog balz hahaahah
[ "spelling" ]
2: Something that both n00bs and wannabe gangstas are incabable of learning, besides most people on the internet.
* e.g., ... wannabe gangsta: Yo dis be dat new shitt dawg
# 4 - { spelling:326341 }
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[ "spelling" ]
1: What people are incapable of doing on the Internet.
* e.g., ... It's "you," not "u." IT'S ONLY 2 MORE CHARACTERS.
# 5 - { spelling:715463 }
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[ "spelling" ]
1: The correct arrangement of letters, to form words.
* e.g., ... Sister: hey hey hey, wots dat?
# 6 - { spelling:692035 }
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[ "spelling" ]
1: Absent from the internet.
* e.g., ... L0lzz!!! 5734m 5uX 1 r 73h 1337!
# 7 - { Spelling:5965939 }
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[ "Spelling" ]
1: An poplar ancient science where one learned how to spell correctly. It was a very important part of human communication all the way up until the invention of Spell Check, after which nobody really cared.
* e.g., ... Who cares about spelling? The computer is going to correct it anyway.
# 8 - { Spelling:6765883 }
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[ "Spelling" ]
1: Spelling is a great subject! Some think it's terribly boring, unuseful and just plainly bad. But to most of those who are bound to be 'good' at it normally enjoy it. Spelling is just wonderful. Sitting down, doing activities, adding on your vocabulary. Ahh. But in highschool you obviously don't do that.. Which is a shame... Well life is hard. SPELLING RULES.
* e.g., ... Person who is good at spelling and is in primary school: YES! Spelling after recess! Wicked!
# 9 - { Spell:8294865 }
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[ "Spell" ]
1: Noun: The acute feeling caused by observing a person's small but significant behavior that makes you feel so embarrassed you want to crawl out of your skin or sew your eyes shut. Typically, the cause of spell goes unacknowledged in the moment, by both the source of the spell, as well as the witnesses. Can leads to body chills, excessive cringing, and flashbacks to the particular moment of spell.
* e.g., ... The guy I'm seeing earnestly played a cheesy song on his guitar without any irony - it gave me such spell.
An awkward missed high five or fist bump is ripe with spell.
This TV show, The Bachelor, is such a spell machine.
# 10 - { Spelling:2942612 }
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[ "Spelling" ]
1: Something that a great many intelligent and creative people have problems with. The lack of this skill is a cause for alarm among the English majors. Mechanical memorisation that is beat into you in grade school that causes a life long dislike for the English language
* e.g., ... If Spelling is the essence of great writing why don't we have a great proofreaders section at the library ?
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