Obs. rare. [ad. L. *excantātiōn-em, n. of action f. excantāre to bring out by enchantment, f. ex- out + cantāre to sing.] The action of removing (anything) by enchantment.
Johnson 1755 explains the word as ‘disenchantment by a countercharm,’ which may perh. be the sense in quot. 1580.
1580. Lyly, Euphues (Arb.), 349. Which imagine that the mynde is eyther by incantation or excantation to bee ruled.
1654. Gayton, Pleas. Notes, IV. xxiii. 277. The Don … inchanted in his Cage, out of which there was no possibility of getting, but by the power of a higher excantation.
1863. W. W. Story, Roba di R., I. 271. This excantation of fruits was not the same as incantation.
