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    [Noun]  | "witch" | \ ˈwich \


    1: a person (especially a woman) who is credited with having usually malignant supernatural powers

    2: a woman who is believed to practice usually black magic often with the aid of a devil or familiar : sorceress

    3: a practitioner of witchcraft especially in adherence with a neo-pagan tradition or religion (such as Wicca)

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English wicche, from Old English wicca, masculine, wizard & wicce, feminine, witch; akin to Middle High German wicken to bewitch, Old English wigle divination, and perhaps to Old High German wīh holy {mat|victim|};

    [Noun]  | "witch doctor" 


    1: a professional worker of magic usually in a primitive society who often works to cure sickness

    Origin: 1718 ;

    [Noun]  | "witch ha*zel" | \ ˈwich-ˌhā-zəl \


    1: any of a genus (Hamamelis of the family Hamamelidaceae, the witch-hazel family) of shrubs or small trees with slender-petaled usually yellow flowers borne in late fall or early spring; especially : one (H. virginiana) of eastern North America that blooms in the fall

    2: an alcoholic solution of a distillate of the bark of a witch hazel (H. virginiana) used as a soothing and mildly astringent lotion

    Origin: 1737 ;

     Witch, a tree with pliant branches, from Middle English wyche, from Old English wice; probably akin to Old English wīcan to yield {mat|weak|};

    [Noun]  | "witch hunt" 


    1: a searching out for persecution of persons accused of witchcraft

    2: the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (such as political opponents) with unpopular views

    Origin: 1853 ;

    [Noun]  | "water witch" 


    1: one who dowses for water

    Origin: 1817 ;

    [Noun]  | "water witch*er" | \ ˈwȯ-tər-ˌwi-chər \


    1: water witch

    Origin: 1917 ;

    [Verb]  | "witch" 


    1: to affect injuriously with witchcraft

    2: to influence or beguile with allure or charm

    3: dowse

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "witch of Agne*si" | \ -än-ˈyā-zē \


    1: a plane cubic curve that is symmetric about the y-axis and approaches the x-axis as an asymptote and that has the equation x2y = 4a2(2a — y)

    Origin: 1875 ;

     Maria Gaetana Agnesi †1799 Italian mathematician; witch, translation of Italian versiera cubic curve (influenced by Italian versiera female demon);

    [Noun]  | "witch" 


    1: a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers;


      * e.g., " ... the 17th-century house had once belonged to a woman who was hanged as a witch "



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    2: a mean or ugly old woman;


      * e.g., " ... a foul-tempered old witch who is constantly at odds with her neighbors "



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    3: a person skilled in using supernatural forces;


      * e.g., " ... freakish storms that were once thought to be the work of witches "



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    [Noun]  | "witch doctors" 


    [Noun]  | "witch doctor" 


    [Verb]  | "witch" 


    1: to attract or delight as if by magic;


      * e.g., " ... the woman did witch me with her gentle smile "



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     [ "witch" ]

    1:  One who practices witchcraft (not neccasarily connected with Wicca).

      * e.g.,  ... Salem, Massachusetts and many other places held several trials for those who were seen as "evil witches." As a result, many innocent people were killed. 

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    2: It is also used to describe those who follow the Wiccan religion, and, in some instances, those who practice any type of magick (Goetic, Herbal, Enochian, etc).

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    3:  A bitter or hateful women. Used in a deragatory sense. A hag, if you will.

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    4:  A less insulting (if there is such a thing) form of call someone a bitch.

     [ "witch" ]

    1: 1) A member of the craft. One who does good deeds when and where they can, and understands the meaning of balance and Spirit.

      * e.g.,  ... W:"Yeah I'm a witch" 

     [ "witch" ]

    2: 2) Someone who does their studies ( Watching charmed doesn't make you a witch, that show has its facts mixed up)

      * e.g.,  ... NW:" thats hot" 

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    3: 3) Someone who does their best in this incarnate and the next.

      * e.g.,  ... W: "Yeah I know" 

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    4: 4) Know's the rules and plays by them.

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    1: Witch, n. A properly trained and initiated Priest or Priestess of The Old Religion. From Old English wit or wic which means witty, wise or intelligent, or alternatively to bend or to shape, and related to wit, wicked, wicker, wizard. Witches learn and pass down old magical arts such as contacting departed spirits, working the weather, and reading the signs.

      * e.g.,  ... King Sol found a witch in Endor who could communicate across the boundary of death. 

     [ "witch" ]

    1: A practitioner of magick. There are several paths of spirituality that involve witchcraft, the most recognisable today being wicca and the hereditary path. Most witches are pagan although some deviate from this rule and celebrate the eight fold year.

      * e.g.,  ... Ya big mean witch! 

     [ "witch" ]

    1: Word used to describe someone who is particularly good at something. Used for both genders.

      * e.g.,  ... Mike really helped me with my loan, he is a mortgage witch. 

     [ "witch" ]

    1: Word used to describe someone who is particularly good at something. Used for both genders.

      * e.g.,  ... Mike really helped me with my loan, he is a mortgage witch. 

     [ "witch" ]

    1: A word misused by idiots in place of "which"

      * e.g.,  ... Idiot: Hey, witch movie do you want to watch? 

     [ "witch" ]

    1: A woman who is dressed up in a pointed hat, has a long nose, has a wart, and who is made of wood. They are often burned, and can turn people into newts (but they might get better).

      * e.g.,  ... "If she... weighs... the same as a duck... she's made of wood!" 

     [ "witch" ]

    1:  A person, usually a woman, thought to have magical powers, generally found in fairytales. Later adopted by Wiccans and the Church of Satan to attract attention to themselves so that they may later compare their "persecution" to that of the many men and women put to grusome death in Europe and North America based on superstitious fears and personal grudges

      * e.g.,  ... She's so mean! 

     [ "witch" ]

    2:  a bitch

      * e.g.,  ... Yeah, what a witch! 

     [ "witch" ]

    1:  crazy bitches

      * e.g.,  ...  aw damn p00f dem bitches be trippin on shr00ms mang 

     [ "witch" ]

    2:  a word you use when talking about how cold it is

      * e.g.,  ...  it's colder than a witches scrotum out here 

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