unmagic

verb, noun — 2 senses

unmagic

verb

Etymology From un- + magic.

1

To deprive of magic or of magical prowess

  • However, he obediently sat down and shut his eyes. After a while he opened them and said, “I must have been able to 'unmagic' a crow just by being kind to it, and I was able to contact trees and things in the garden."2012, Anne Poltera, Castle Magic and the Sinister Encroaching Fir Wood, page 163:

unmagic

noun

Etymology From un- + magic.

1

Lack or absence of magic; magiclessness

  • Tying and knotting the net, she had become attuned to unmagic.2011, Tamora Pierce, Magic Steps:

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