How to pronounce “obeah”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.
• A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.
• A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.

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