unmagic

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From un- +‎ magic.

Verb[edit]

unmagic (third-person singular simple present unmagics, present participle unmagicking, simple past and past participle unmagicked)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of magic or of magical prowess
    • 2012, Anne Poltera, Castle Magic and the Sinister Encroaching Fir Wood, page 163:
      However, he obediently sat down and shut his eyes. After a while he opened them and said, “I must have been able to 'unmagic' a crow just by being kind to it, and I was able to contact trees and things in the garden."

Etymology 2[edit]

From un- +‎ magic.

Noun[edit]

unmagic (uncountable)

  1. Lack or absence of magic; magiclessness
    • 2011, Tamora Pierce, Magic Steps:
      Tying and knotting the net, she had become attuned to unmagic.