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incantatory

British  
/ ɪnˈkæntətrɪ /

adjective

  1. relating to or having the characteristics of an incantation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The incantatory prose, translated by David McKay, makes ordinary aspects of marital life feel newly discovered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

In 2021, a slim, incantatory novel about a West African Allied regiment in World War I won the International Booker Prize, and the world was introduced to 55-year-old French Senegalese author and scholar David Diop.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Brendan Shay Basham’s debut novel is an incantatory trip through place and time, fueled by grief and animated by magic.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

Among the new pieces, Barnes’s “Invocation,” which turns Claude McKay’s poetic address to an “Ancestral Spirit” into an incantatory refrain, drew intense applause.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

He cleared his throat, his eyes gleaming and his voice taking on a deep, incantatory quality, as though he had told the story many, many times.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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