spellcasting

See also: spell casting and spell-casting

English

Etymology 1

From spell +‎ casting.

Alternative forms

Noun

spellcasting (usually uncountable, plural spellcastings)

  1. The casting of magic spells.
    • 1988, R[obert] A[nthony] Salvatore, “The Gathering Gloom”, in The Crystal Shard (The Icewind Dale Trilogy; 1), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 97:
      The true mages, lifelong students of the arcane arts, practiced their trade with due respect for the magic, ever wary of the potential consequences of their spellcastings.
    • 2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of all directors, brings Amblin magic to the kid-lit horror of The House With A Clock In Its Walls”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1], archived from the original on 20 September 2018:
      Lewis unwittingly brings Izard back from the dead trying to impress a schoolmate with his spellcasting abilities, and all magical Hell breaks loose.

Etymology 2

From spellcast +‎ -ing.

Verb

spellcasting

  1. present participle and gerund of spellcast

References

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