spell /ˈspɛl/
 (v.)拼寫,拼讀,綴字;招致,帶來符咒,咒語,誘惑力;輪班,工作時間,一段時間


 spell /ˈspɛl/ 名詞
 拼讀(字母),認真研究出,招致,帶來,吸收


 Spell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelled p. pr. & vb. n. Spelling.]  To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.


 Spell n.  A spelk, or splinter. [Obs.]


 Spell, n.
 1. The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.
    A spell at the wheel is called a trick.   --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
 2. The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
    Nothing new has happened in this quarter, except the setting in of a severe spell of cold weather.   --Washington.
 3. One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells. [R.]
    Their toil is so extreme that they can not endure it above four hours in a day, but are succeeded by spells.   --Garew.
 4. A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell. [Local, U.S.]


 Spell n.
 1. A story; a tale. [Obs.] “Hearken to my spell.”
 2. A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.
  Start not; her actions shall be holy as
 You hear my spell is lawful.   --Shak.


 Spell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelled or Spelt p. pr. & vb. n. Spelling.]
 1. To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.]
 Might I that legend find,
 By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes.   --T. Warton.
 2. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. “Spelled with words of power.”
    He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot.   --Sir G. Buck.
 3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
    The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together did spell but one in effect.   --Fuller.
 4. To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
    The word =\“satire” ought to be spelled with i, and not with y.\=   --Dryden.
 5. To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
    To spell out a God in the works of creation.   --South.
    To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon every accident.   --Milton.


 Spell, v. i.
 1. To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.
 When what small knowledge was, in them did dwell,
 And he a god, who could but read or spell.   --Dryden.
 2. To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study. [Obs.]
 Where I may sit and rightly spell
 Of every star that heaven doth shew,
 And every herb that sips the dew.   --Milton.

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 spell
      n 1: a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a
           magical incantation [syn: enchantment, trance]
      2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by
         someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go,
          tour, turn]
      3: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by
         some action or condition; "he was here for a little
         while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good
         weather"; "a patch of bad weather" [syn: while, piece,
          patch]
      4: a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he
         whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed
         around its base is a charm in Balinese" [syn: magic spell,
          charm]
      v 1: recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you
           spell this word?"
      2: indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" [syn:
          import]
      3: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally
         accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled
         the word wrong in this letter" [syn: write]
      4: place under a spell [ant: unspell]
      [also: spelt]