necromance

American  

[nek-ruh-mans] / ˈnɛk rəˌmæns /

verb (used with object)

necromanced, necromancing

1. to use witchcraft, sorcery, or divination on or with (someone or something), as to reanimate the dead, foretell the future, or magically interpret mysteries.

   In the novel, an unknown entity is using a secret spell to necromance skeletal soldiers and take over the world.

2. to reintroduce or revive (something old, inactive, etc.), such as an earlier topic of discussion, an abandoned practice, or a worn-out piece of equipment.

   I spent many hours necromancing that ancient Batman costume of mine for Halloween.

   It takes some very dedicated historians, critics, and film editors to necromance films that would otherwise be forgotten.

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verb (used without object)

necromanced, necromancing

1. to reintroduce or revive something old, inactive, etc., such as an earlier topic of discussion or an abandoned practice.

   I know I’m necromancing here, but let me go back to a question from last month's thread.

Etymology

Origin of necromance

First recorded in 1720–30; back formation from necromancer ( def. )

Example Sentences

What worlds love wrought us, dreaming there, Of sorcery and necromance!

From Days and Dreams Poems by Cawein, Madison J.

That summer! how it built us there A world of love and necromance!

From One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue by Cawein, Julius Madison

Come, oh, come and partake Of necromance banquets of beauty; and slake Thy thirst in the waters of art, That are drawn from the streams Of love and of dreams.

From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius

Oh, night of love! when in the dance Your heart thrilled rapture into mine, As in a state of necromance A mortal hears a voice divine.

From Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius

And as I think upon them, lo, the trance Of backward time and distant circumstance, Of Karma's all-remembering necromance, Lies suddenly before my boundless sight.

From Many Gods by Rice, Cale Young