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Definition of "gramarye" [gram•a•rye]

  • Occult learning; magic. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gramarye" in a sentence
  • "Its supernatural machinery -- Byron said that it had more "gramarye" than grammar -- is not impressive, if due exception be made of the opening of"
  • "There are witches, fairies, and mermaidens [24] in the ballads: omens, dreams, spells, [25] enchantments, transformations, [26] magic rings and charms, "gramarye" [27] of many sorts; and all these things are more effective here than in poets like Spenser and Collins, because they are matters of belief and not of make-believe."
  • "Forefathers could be at once summarily and satisfactorily answered by any power of "gramarye," then the present and the future Fellows of the"