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   incant

   /ɪnˈkant/

   verb

   • 1. chant or intone: "priests were incanting psalms round her body"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘use enchantment on’): from Latin incantare ‘to chant, charm’, from in- (expressing intensive force) + cantare ‘sing’. The current sense dates from the mid 20th century.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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