[f. BEWITCH + -ING1.] The action of influencing by witchcraft; enchantment, fascination.
1535. Coverdale, Wisd. iv. 12. For ye craftie bewitchinge [Wyclif, desceyuyng] of lyes make good thinges darck.
1563. Hyll, Arte Garden., 120. It doth also greatly auaile against all bewitchings.
1646. Gaule, Cases Consc., 129. Some worke their bewitchings only by way of Invocation or Imprecation.
