Associations to the word «Incantation»

Wiktionary

INCANTATION, noun. The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.
INCANTATION, noun. A formula of words used as above.

Dictionary definition

INCANTATION, noun. A ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky