v. Now arch. [UN-2 3.] trans. To free from witchcraft; to uncharm; = UNBEWITCH v. Also refl.

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1580.  Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Desensorceler, to vnwitch.

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1584.  R. Scot, Discov. Witchcr., III. x. 44. Iesus Christ shall unwitch us.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. 296. Even the very serpents as they may bee burst by enchauntment, so they can unwitch themselves.

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1625.  Purchas, Pilgrims, II. 1268. Like a … Deuill witching and unwitching the superstitious vulgar.

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c. 1640.  Dekker, etc. Witch Edmonton, II. i. I would have thee so good as to unwitch me.

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1764.  Foote, Mayor of G., II. Wks. 1799, I. 184. I am unwitch’d, and that you shall know to your cost.

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1785.  G. A. Bellamy, Apology, VI. 95. They stopped the play,… ordering all the singers to unwitch themselves.

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1884.  Black, Jud. Shakespeare, xxiv. Come, man, unwitch thee! Collect thy senses.

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  absol.  a. 1656.  Rolle, Abridgment (1668), I. 45. She is a white Witch, and can witch and unwitch.

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