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    Is there a verb formed from the same stem as sorcery?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mmasny View Post
    Is there a verb formed from the same stem as sorcery?
    OED
    sorcerize, v

    rare.


    trans. To transform by sorcery.
    1866 FURNIVALL in Pol., Rel., & L. Poems 26 marg., A Lombard was sorcerized into a goose. 1972 M. MEAD Blackberry Winter xv. 202 The threatening sorcerers of the plains..blackmailed our mild-mannered mountain people by promising temporarily not to sorcerize their relatives, providing they were given food and an adequate supply of trade goods.
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    Thank you. This is a good thing this OED.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mmasny View Post
    Thank you. This is a good thing this OED.
    Yes, that's why only rich people and University libraries can afford a subscription.
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