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PRONUNCIATION OF INCANT

incant  [ɪnˈkænt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incant is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb incant in English.

WHAT DOES INCANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incant in the English dictionary

The first definition of incant in the dictionary is to utter incantations. Other definition of incant is to chant, to utter. Incant is also to summon up by incantation.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INCANT

PRESENT

Present
I incant
you incant
he/she/it incants
we incant
you incant
they incant
Present continuous
I am incanting
you are incanting
he/she/it is incanting
we are incanting
you are incanting
they are incanting
Present perfect
I have incanted
you have incanted
he/she/it has incanted
we have incanted
you have incanted
they have incanted
Present perfect continuous
I have been incanting
you have been incanting
he/she/it has been incanting
we have been incanting
you have been incanting
they have been incanting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I incanted
you incanted
he/she/it incanted
we incanted
you incanted
they incanted
Past continuous
I was incanting
you were incanting
he/she/it was incanting
we were incanting
you were incanting
they were incanting
Past perfect
I had incanted
you had incanted
he/she/it had incanted
we had incanted
you had incanted
they had incanted
Past perfect continuous
I had been incanting
you had been incanting
he/she/it had been incanting
we had been incanting
you had been incanting
they had been incanting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will incant
you will incant
he/she/it will incant
we will incant
you will incant
they will incant
Future continuous
I will be incanting
you will be incanting
he/she/it will be incanting
we will be incanting
you will be incanting
they will be incanting
Future perfect
I will have incanted
you will have incanted
he/she/it will have incanted
we will have incanted
you will have incanted
they will have incanted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been incanting
you will have been incanting
he/she/it will have been incanting
we will have been incanting
you will have been incanting
they will have been incanting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would incant
you would incant
he/she/it would incant
we would incant
you would incant
they would incant
Conditional continuous
I would be incanting
you would be incanting
he/she/it would be incanting
we would be incanting
you would be incanting
they would be incanting
Conditional perfect
I would have incant
you would have incant
he/she/it would have incant
we would have incant
you would have incant
they would have incant
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been incanting
you would have been incanting
he/she/it would have been incanting
we would have been incanting
you would have been incanting
they would have been incanting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you incant
we let´s incant
you incant
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to incant
Past participle
incanted
Present Participle
incanting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCANT


alicant
ˌælɪˈkænt
ant
ænt
askant
əˈskænt
Brabant
brəˈbænt
Brandt
brænt
brant
brænt
cant
kænt
decant
dɪˈkænt
descant
ˈdɛskænt
discant
ˈdɪskænt
enceinte
ɒnˈsænt
Kant
kænt
levant
lɪˈvænt
pant
pænt
predikant
ˌprɛdɪˈkænt
rant
rænt
recant
rɪˈkænt
Rembrandt
ˈrɛmbrænt
sant
sænt
scant
skænt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCANT

incalculably
incalescence
incalescent
Incan
incandesce
incandescence
incandescency
incandescent
incandescent lamp
incandescently
incantation
incantational
incantator
incantatory
incapability
incapable
incapableness
incapably
incapacious
incapaciousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCANT

Alacant
applicant
communicant
coruscant
cosecant
dedicant
desiccant
fabricant
insignificant
intoxicant
job applicant
lubricant
mendicant
nonsignificant
provocant
secant
significant
supplicant
toxicant
vacant

Synonyms and antonyms of incant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «incant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCANT

Find out the translation of incant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

incant
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

INCANT
570 millions of speakers

English

incant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

incant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

incant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

incant
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

incant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

INCANT
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ranting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

incant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

incant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

incant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

incant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

incant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उद्रेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

INCANT
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

incant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

incant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

INCANt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

incant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

incant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Incant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

incant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCANT»

The term «incant» is normally little used and occupies the 125.710 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «incant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «incant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCANT»

Discover the use of incant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aniventure
Slashing & Bludgeoning, 1/vs. Piercing -1 Dodge, -1 Incant Breastplate 3/ vs. Slashing, Piercing & Ballistic -1 Dodge, -1 Incant Heavy Scalemail 6/ vs. Slashing & Bludgeoning, 2/ vs. Piercing -2 Dodge, -1 Attack/Shoot/Incant Platemail 8/ vs.
James Talbott
2
Issues in Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, and Counseling: ...
New research, 'INCANT: a transnational randomized trial of multidimensional family therapy versus treatment as usual for adolescents with cannabis use disorder,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Rotterdam, Netherlands, ...
‎2012
3
The Dark Remains: Book Three of The Last Rune
They would perform the High Incant now. Lirith took the chance to hurry to her place. By the time she stood with a group of witches her own age, the High Incant had begun. With twisted hands, Senrael sprinkled water from her silver bowl.
Mark Anthony, 2011
4
A Blight of Mages
The unravelling incant was in the central timepiece of Baret's exquisitely opulent funeral clock. Commissioned by Lord and Lady Somerfell to honour his late father, it was worth even more than the Tarkalin of Ranoush's extravagance.
Karen Miller, 2011
5
Trinity and Man: Gregory of Nyssa's Ad Ablabium
μ , (54, 13) parallel to , μ μ μ of the InCant (GNO VI, 53, 14–15). The terminological afÀnities are surely present,39 particularly if one considers that the AdAbl is a tractate of Trinitarian dogmatics, while the InCant is an exegetical- spiritual one.
Giulio Maspero, 2007
6
Viper Rum
INCANT AGAINST SUICIDE Buy neither gun nor blue-edged blade. Avoid green rope, high windows, rat poison, cobra pits, and the long vanishing point of train tracks that draw you to horizon's razor. Only this way will another day refine you.
Mary Karr, 1998
7
Wizard Squared
Recited the handy little incant Reg had taught him, way back in the early days of his wizarding correspondence course, the learn-it- fast hex that made the dullest man a speed-reading, incant-absorbing machine. With a spark and a sizzle, the ...
K.E. Mills, 2010
8
The Accidental Sorcerer
The gates' locking incant buzzed fuzzily through his gloves. Fuzzily... “Oh!” he exclaimed. “You idiot, Gerald.” With a fingersnap and a single command he deactivated the anti-etheretic shield that muffled his unique thaumic imprint. Wearing the ...
K.E. Mills, 2009
9
Early Daoist Dietary Practices: Examining Ways to Health and ...
Next, [turn and] incant: “Cinnabar Elixir of the South! I ingest the cinnabar elixir and drink the waters of the cinnabar pool.” After the incantation, place your tongue on the surface of your lower teeth, and rinse your mouth with a mouth-full of ...
Shawn Arthur, 2013
10
The Rogue Agent: The Accidental Sorcerer, Witches ...
Recited thehandy little incant Reghad taught him,wayback in the earlydays ofhis wizarding correspondence course, the learnitfast hex that made the dullest man a speedreading, incantabsorbing machine. With a spark and a sizzle, the incant ...
K.E. Mills, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Me and Mama Ayahuasca
I silently incant over the glass: Dear Mama Ayahuasca, I would like to look at the circumstances around my divorce tonight, what I still need to understand. «Utne Reader Online, Jun 15»
2
Goatsnake: Black Age Blues
Stahl can sound a little out of his element when he goes for the typical rock singer “ooh yeahs”, but he can belt like Paul Rodgers and incant ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
3
Credit Bidding Alert: Fifth Circuit Rules That Inaction Results In …
According to Judge Jones, merely because the plan and confirmation order "perfunctorily incant[ed]" section 363 does not mean that the ... «Mondaq News Alerts, May 15»
4
Black Non-Christians and Non-Believers: Perspectives and Pet …
That may lead a person to a Christian church, or to a mosque or to a home altar where they chant and incant from intuitive spaces. All of that is ... «Atlanta Black Star, May 15»
5
Random Blasts at the Well Deserving
"Sustainability" is what leftists incant when they don't have a single substantive reason to object to what other people do. Rubio defends NSA ... «Town Hall, Apr 15»
6
Following The FCA's Public Disclosure Bar
... jurisdictional nature of a statute is subject to a clear-statement requirement, “Congress need not 'incant magic words in order to speak clearly. «Law360, Mar 15»
7
Study Finds Majority Of Deaths Caused By Failure To Heed Omens
“You can live a long, healthy life in the presence of these omens if you just take the necessary steps and incant the names of the four directions ... «The Onion, Mar 15»
8
Say it with flowers and a Ghibli character! Proof that Totoro can …
... Delivery Service, We Dream Up Other Possible Ghibli Adaptations; New Laputa amulet actually responds when you incant the anime's magic ... «RocketNews24, Mar 15»
9
ROGER CROWLEY/CROWLEYPHOTOS.COM
... hands in the middle, for some concluding exhortation—the kind I'd seen teams incant on so many occasions, in practice or when breaking timeouts. “O.K. ... «SI.com, Mar 15»
10
A Book Club short story: The Clancy Kid, by Colin Barrett
This happens frequently in this town; incant a body's name and, lo, they appear. She comes through the double doors in cut-off jeans, ... «Irish Times, Feb 15»

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