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# sorcery

«sorcery» in Mova's school dictionary: **the use of magic spells and powers to make strange things…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Sorcery is the use of magic spells and powers to make strange things happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcery/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

magic used in fairy tales, often by a villain who makes spells, potions or illusions to trick or harm people

### examples

- The old witch used her sorcery to hide the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcery/#x1)
- The villagers feared the stranger's sorcery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcery/#x2)
- No one could explain the sorcery that turned the stone to gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcery/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sorcery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorcery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.