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Definition of "incantatory" [in•cant•a•to•ry]

  • Constituting, employing, dealing with, or suitable for use in incantation (adjective)

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Use "incantatory" in a sentence
  • "What some readers will call incantatory began to feel, at times, somewhat repetitive, making me appreciate those moments when a more colloquial voice, usually another speaker, was introduced in a poem, as in "An Idea of Return.""
  • "Even for us, 'playing' with "Onyx" -- watching scenes unfold, linking strands of narrative differently each time -- has a kind of incantatory quality."
  • "And they have a kind of incantatory, repetitive but -- but incantatory eloquence that is much more apparent, and even the meanings, I think, more apparent if you read it aloud."
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