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cræft

Pronunciation: /kræft/

“cræft” is an Old English word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. strength, power
  2. power, ability
  3. skill
  4. art
  5. profession
  6. virtue
  7. device, especially magical
  8. deceit, fraud

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz.

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