spell2Pronunciation: /spɛl/Translate spell | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of spell noun a form of words used as a magical charm or incantation: a spell is laid on the door to prevent entry a state of enchantment caused by a magic spell:the magician may cast a spell on himself an ability to control or influence people as though one had magical power over them:he woke from her spellPhrases under a spell not fully in control of one’s thoughts and actions: the beauty of the land put me under a spell under someone's spell so devoted to someone that they seem to have magic power over one: she needed to have men under her spellOrigin: Old English spel(l) 'narration', of Germanic originspell in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of spell in the US English dictionary
