The Only Use of
incantation
in
Wonder, by R.J. Palacio
- . . . though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation.
p. 255.9incantation = words believed to have a magical effect when said aloudeditor's notes: This is from C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when Augie was reading it.
Definition:
words believed to have a magical effect when they are said aloud; or the saying of such words