obeah

Etymology

 * apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African language. The  points to, . Cognate of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.
 * 2) A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.
 * 3) A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
 * 1) A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.
 * 2) A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
 * 1) A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
 * 1) A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
 * 1) A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
 * 1) A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.

Verb

 * 1)  To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.
 * 2) * 1906 December – 1907 May, Isabella S. Abel, “The Obeah-man”, in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume XXV, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C., published 1907, 224679211, page 392:
 * A poor old woman who thinks she has been Obeahed lies ill in an isolated hut on the short cut to New Castle. I discovered her while out shooting, and promised to send her medical aid. Her case is pressing.
 * 1) * 1906 December – 1907 May, Isabella S. Abel, “The Obeah-man”, in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume XXV, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C., published 1907, 224679211, page 392:
 * A poor old woman who thinks she has been Obeahed lies ill in an isolated hut on the short cut to New Castle. I discovered her while out shooting, and promised to send her medical aid. Her case is pressing.
 * A poor old woman who thinks she has been Obeahed lies ill in an isolated hut on the short cut to New Castle. I discovered her while out shooting, and promised to send her medical aid. Her case is pressing.