"witchcraft" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹæft/ [General-American], /ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-witchcraft.wav [Southern-England] Forms: witchcrafts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wicchecraft, wicchecreft, from Old English wiċċecræft, equivalent to witch + -craft. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyk-|id=separate}}, {{inh|en|enm|wicchecraft}} Middle English wicchecraft, {{m|enm|wicchecreft}} wicchecreft, {{inh|en|ang|wiċċecræft}} Old English wiċċecræft, {{suf|en|witch|craft}} witch + -craft Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} witchcraft (usually uncountable, plural witchcrafts)
  1. The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Occult, Witchcraft Synonyms: witchdom, witchery, witchwork Translations (the practice of witches): γοητεία (goēteía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سِحْر (siḥr) [masculine] (Arabic), թովչանք (tʿovčʿankʿ) (Armenian), կախարդություն (kaxardutʿyun) (Armenian), bruxería [feminine] (Asturian), sehr (Azerbaijani), чараўні́цтва (čaraŭníctva) [neuter] (Belarusian), ডাকিনীবিদ্যাā (ḍakinibiddaā) (Bengali), sorserezh (Breton), магьосничество (magjosničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), вълшебство́ (vǎlšebstvó) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ပယောဂ (pa.yau:ga.) (Burmese), bruixeria [feminine] (Catalan), ufiti (Chichewa), 巫術 (Chinese Mandarin), 巫术 (wūshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 魔術 (Chinese Mandarin), 魔术 (móshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 魔法 (mófǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), čarodějnictví [neuter] (Czech), hekseri [neuter] (Danish), heksekunst [common-gender] (Danish), trolddom [common-gender] (Danish), hekserij [feminine] (Dutch), sorĉado (Esperanto), nõidus (Estonian), dzosasa (Ewe), noituus (Finnish), sorcellerie [feminine] (French), bruxaría [feminine] (Galician), meiguería [feminine] (Galician), გრძნეულება (grʒneuleba) (Georgian), ჯადოქრობა (ǯadokroba) (Georgian), მისნობა (misnoba) (Georgian), მაგია (magia) (Georgian), Hexerei [feminine] (German), Hexenkunst [feminine] (German), 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 (lubjaleisei) [feminine] (Gothic), μαγεία (mageía) [feminine] (Greek), כְּשָׁפִים (kshafím) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), tamay (Ilocano), sihir (Indonesian), tenung (Indonesian), noijitus (Ingrian), noijitos (Ingrian), draíocht [feminine] (Irish), asarlaíocht [feminine] (Irish), diabhlaíocht [feminine] (Irish), síofrógacht [feminine] (Irish), tuaithe [feminine, literary] (Irish), stregoneria [feminine] (Italian), 魔法 (mahō) (alt: まほう) (Japanese), 魔術 (majutsu) (alt: まじゅつ) (Japanese), 妖術 (yōjutsu) (alt: うじゅつ) (Japanese), жадыгөйлік (jadygöilık) (Kazakh), វេទមន្ត (veit mŭən) (Khmer), ធ្មប់ (thmup) (Khmer), 마법 (mabeop) (alt: 魔法) (Korean), 마술 (masul) (alt: 魔術) (Korean), 요술 (yosul) (alt: 妖術) (Korean), ເວດມົນ (wēt mon) (Lao), artes magicarum [feminine, plural] (Latin), artes magicae [feminine, plural] (Latin), artes magae [feminine, plural] (Latin), veneficium [neuter] (Latin), fascinum [neuter] (Latin), maleficium [neuter] (Latin), raganošana (Latvian), маѓепсништво (maǵepsništvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), волшепство (volšepstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), чи́нка (čínka) [feminine] (Macedonian), sihir (Malay), മന്ത്രവാദം (mantravādaṁ) (Malayalam), ആഭിചാരം (ābhicāraṁ) (Malayalam), buitçheraght [feminine] (Manx), obbeeys [feminine] (Manx), pishag [feminine] (Manx), whaiwaiā (Maori), mākutu (Maori), taurarua (Maori), whaiwhaiā (Maori), kaiatua (Maori), urogi (Meru), ponisio (Nandi), chorchell'lie [feminine] (Norman), heksekunst [masculine] (Norwegian), hekseri [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hekseri [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), جادوگری (jâdugari) (Persian), کید (keyd) (Persian), سحر (sehr) (Persian), Hakjsarie [neuter] (Plautdietsch), Hakjsenkonst [feminine] (Plautdietsch), czary (Polish), bruxaria [feminine] (Portuguese), колдовство́ (koldovstvó) [neuter] (Russian), чароде́йство (čarodéjstvo) [neuter] (Russian), ведовство́ (vedovstvó) [neuter] (Russian), волшба́ (volšbá) [feminine, obsolete] (Russian), волшебство́ (volšebstvó) [neuter] (Russian), अभिचार (abhicāra) [neuter] (Sanskrit), witchcraft (Scots), can (Scots), glamour (Scots), glamourie (Scots), sorcery (Scots), bogle wark (Scots), witcherie (Scots), buidseachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), враџбина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), вештичарство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), вјештичарство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vradžbina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), veštičarstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vještičarstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), čarodejníctvo [neuter] (Slovak), čarovništvo [neuter] (Slovene), brujería [feminine] (Spanish), uganga (Swahili), urogi (Swahili), häxkonst [common-gender] (Swedish), häxeri [neuter] (Swedish), trolldom [common-gender] (Swedish), เวทมนตร์ (wêet-mon) (Thai), མཐུ (mthu) (Tibetan), büyü (Turkish), sihir (Turkish), чаклу́нство (čaklúnstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), чарівни́цтво (čarivnýctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), thuật phù thủy (alt: 術符水) (Vietnamese), swyngyfaredd [feminine] (Welsh), dewiniaeth [feminine] (Welsh), sihir (Zazaki), nuşte (diq) (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-witchcraft-en-noun-0tyaKIWw Disambiguation of Occult: 59 41 Disambiguation of Witchcraft: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -craft Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -craft: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'the practice of witches': 99 1
  2. Something, such as an advanced technology, that seems almost magical. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: wizardry
    Sense id: en-witchcraft-en-noun-6sNhmDQl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antiwitchcraft, witchcrafty Related terms: druidcraft, gypsycraft, hexcraft, sorcery, spellcasting, spellcraft, warlockry, witchery, wizardcraft, wizardry

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "siḥr",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tʿovčʿankʿ",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "թովչանք"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kaxardutʿyun",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "կախարդություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bruxería"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "sehr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "čaraŭníctva",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "чараўні́цтва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ḍakinibiddaā",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "ডাকিনীবিদ্যাā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "sorserezh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "magjosničestvo",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "магьосничество"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎlšebstvó",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вълшебство́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pa.yau:ga.",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "ပယောဂ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bruixeria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ny",
          "lang": "Chichewa",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "ufiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "巫術"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wūshù",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "巫术"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "魔術"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "móshù",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "魔术"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mófǎ",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "魔法"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "čarodějnictví"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hekseri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "heksekunst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "trolddom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hekserij"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "sorĉado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "nõidus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ee",
          "lang": "Ewe",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "dzosasa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "noituus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sorcellerie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bruxaría"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "meiguería"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "grʒneuleba",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "გრძნეულება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ǯadokroba",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "ჯადოქრობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "misnoba",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "მისნობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "magia",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "მაგია"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hexerei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hexenkunst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "lubjaleisei",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mageía",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μαγεία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "goēteía",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "γοητεία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kshafím",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "כְּשָׁפִים"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ilo",
          "lang": "Ilocano",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "tamay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "sihir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "tenung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "noijitus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "noijitos"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "draíocht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "asarlaíocht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "síofrógacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "literary"
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          "word": "tuaithe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "まほう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "魔法"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "まじゅつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "majutsu",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "魔術"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "うじゅつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yōjutsu",
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          "word": "妖術"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kk",
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          "roman": "jadygöilık",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "km",
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          "roman": "veit mŭən",
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          "word": "វេទមន្ត"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "km",
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          "roman": "thmup",
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          "word": "ធ្មប់"
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        {
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "mabeop",
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          "word": "마법"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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        {
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          "lang": "Korean",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "wēt mon",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "ເວດມົນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "volšepstvo",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чи́нка"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "sihir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "mantravādaṁ",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "മന്ത്രവാദം"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ml",
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          "word": "ആഭിചാരം"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gv",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "obbeeys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gv",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "pishag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "whaiwaiā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "mākutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "taurarua"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "whaiwhaiā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "urogi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nn",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jâdugari",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "جادوگری"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "keyd",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "کید"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sehr",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "سحر"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "czary"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bruxaria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "koldovstvó",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "колдовство́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čarodéjstvo",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vedovstvó",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "volšbá",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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            "obsolete"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "volšebstvó",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "abhicāra",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "अभिचार"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "can"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "glamour"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "glamourie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "sorcery"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "bogle wark"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sco",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "buidseachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "враџбина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "vradžbina"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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            "neuter"
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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            "feminine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "uganga"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "urogi"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "wêet-mon",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "mthu",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "མཐུ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "büyü"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "sihir"
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          "roman": "čaklúnstvo",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "čarivnýctvo",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "術符水",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "thuật phù thủy"
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          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "sihir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "the practice of witches",
          "word": "nuşte (diq)"
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          "ref": "1987, Air Force Magazine, volume 70, page 88",
          "text": "There can be no denying that the more than 100 exhibiting companies and divisions also gave full play to examples of their latest technological witchcraft, as befits the foremost US aerospace event.",
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          "advanced"
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          "technology"
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          "magical"
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          "word": "wizardry"
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹæft/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹɑːft/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyk- (separate)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms suffixed with -craft",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "word": "antiwitchcraft"
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      "word": "witchcrafty"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weyk-",
        "id": "separate"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wicchecraft"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wicchecraft",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "wicchecreft"
      },
      "expansion": "wicchecreft",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "wiċċecræft"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "witch",
        "3": "craft"
      },
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "witchcrafts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "druidcraft"
    },
    {
      "word": "gypsycraft"
    },
    {
      "word": "hexcraft"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorcery"
    },
    {
      "word": "spellcasting"
    },
    {
      "word": "spellcraft"
    },
    {
      "word": "warlockry"
    },
    {
      "word": "witchery"
    },
    {
      "word": "wizardcraft"
    },
    {
      "word": "wizardry"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Wiccans believe in a modernised form of witchcraft.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events."
      ],
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        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ],
        [
          "sorcery",
          "sorcery"
        ],
        [
          "supernatural",
          "supernatural"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ],
        [
          "predict",
          "predict"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "witchdom"
        },
        {
          "word": "witchery"
        },
        {
          "word": "witchwork"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1987, Air Force Magazine, volume 70, page 88",
          "text": "There can be no denying that the more than 100 exhibiting companies and divisions also gave full play to examples of their latest technological witchcraft, as befits the foremost US aerospace event.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something, such as an advanced technology, that seems almost magical."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "advanced",
          "advanced"
        ],
        [
          "technology",
          "technology"
        ],
        [
          "magical",
          "magical"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wizardry"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹæft/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹɑːft/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "siḥr",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سِحْر"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʿovčʿankʿ",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "թովչանք"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kaxardutʿyun",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "կախարդություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bruxería"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "sehr"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "čaraŭníctva",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чараўні́цтва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ḍakinibiddaā",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "ডাকিনীবিদ্যাā"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "sorserezh"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "magjosničestvo",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "магьосничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎlšebstvó",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вълшебство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "pa.yau:ga.",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "ပယောဂ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bruixeria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "ufiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "巫術"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūshù",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "巫术"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "魔術"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "móshù",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "魔术"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mófǎ",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "魔法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "čarodějnictví"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hekseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "heksekunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trolddom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hekserij"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "sorĉado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "nõidus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ee",
      "lang": "Ewe",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "dzosasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "noituus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sorcellerie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bruxaría"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meiguería"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "grʒneuleba",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "გრძნეულება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯadokroba",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "ჯადოქრობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "misnoba",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "მისნობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "magia",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "მაგია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hexerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hexenkunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "lubjaleisei",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mageía",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μαγεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "goēteía",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γοητεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kshafím",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "כְּשָׁפִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "ilo",
      "lang": "Ilocano",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "tamay"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "sihir"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "tenung"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "noijitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "noijitos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "draíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asarlaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diabhlaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "síofrógacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "tuaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stregoneria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まほう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mahō",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "魔法"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まじゅつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "majutsu",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "魔術"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うじゅつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōjutsu",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "妖術"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jadygöilık",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "жадыгөйлік"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "veit mŭən",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "វេទមន្ត"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thmup",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "ធ្មប់"
    },
    {
      "alt": "魔法",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mabeop",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "마법"
    },
    {
      "alt": "魔術",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "masul",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "마술"
    },
    {
      "alt": "妖術",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yosul",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "요술"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "wēt mon",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "ເວດມົນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "artes magicarum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "artes magicae"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "artes magae"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veneficium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fascinum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "maleficium"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "raganošana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "maǵepsništvo",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "маѓепсништво"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "volšepstvo",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "волшепство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čínka",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чи́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "sihir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mantravādaṁ",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "മന്ത്രവാദം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ābhicāraṁ",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "ആഭിചാരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buitçheraght"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obbeeys"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pishag"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "whaiwaiā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "mākutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "taurarua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "whaiwhaiā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "kaiatua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mer",
      "lang": "Meru",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "urogi"
    },
    {
      "code": "niq",
      "lang": "Nandi",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "ponisio"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chorchell'lie"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heksekunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hekseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hekseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jâdugari",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "جادوگری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "keyd",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "کید"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sehr",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "سحر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hakjsarie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hakjsenkonst"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "czary"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bruxaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koldovstvó",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "колдовство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čarodéjstvo",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чароде́йство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vedovstvó",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ведовство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volšbá",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "волшба́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volšebstvó",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "волшебство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "abhicāra",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "अभिचार"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "witchcraft"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "can"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "glamour"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "glamourie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "sorcery"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "bogle wark"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "witcherie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "buidseachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "враџбина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вештичарство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вјештичарство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vradžbina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veštičarstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vještičarstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "čarodejníctvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "čarovništvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brujería"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "uganga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "urogi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "häxkonst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "häxeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trolldom"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wêet-mon",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "เวทมนตร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mthu",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "མཐུ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "büyü"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "sihir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čaklúnstvo",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чаклу́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čarivnýctvo",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чарівни́цтво"
    },
    {
      "alt": "術符水",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "thuật phù thủy"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "swyngyfaredd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dewiniaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "sihir"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "the practice of witches",
      "word": "nuşte (diq)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witchcraft"
}

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