had witched

• past perfect

  past perfect

  Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.

  of witch.
  witch

  noun

  a person, especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a sorceress.

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had witched

This unfeeling conduct on her part roused the suspicion of the men, and they came to the conclusion that the old woman had witched the horse, and that she was the cause of its illness. 

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen

I thought there was a time when that face had witched many a heart with its smiles.

From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart

But still Athena must know the truth—she could not but be aware of the effect she had had on Lingard; she must know that without meaning it she had witched his heart away.

From Jane Oglander by Marie Belloc Lowndes

So honest was he in his views, so learned and so unobtrusive, that he had witched away the heart of the House.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by William Henry Sparks

If a cow died at calving, she had witched it.

From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Sir Hall Caine

Related Words

• magician