See incantation on Wiktionary
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"text": "My ancient Incantations are too weake, / And hell too ſtrong for me to buckle with:",
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"ref": "1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […] :",
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"ref": "1912, Elliott O'Donnell, Werwolves:",
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"ref": "1913 August, Jack London, John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1998, John Purcell, Robert Kiesling, Linux: The Complete Reference: Book 1, page 412:",
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"ref": "2005, Kyle Rankin, Linux Multimedia Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming Images, Audio, and Video:",
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"ref": "2017, James Pogran, Learning PowerShell DSC, page 11:",
"text": "Servers move from being special snowflakes to being disposable numbers on a list that can be created and destroyed without requiring someone to remember the specific incantation to make it work.",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaklinanie",
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"word": "incantātiō"
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"word": "tapatapa"
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"masculine"
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"word": "incantație"
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