Spell Tab Book A-I
written by Aly Potter
If you are interested in some spells read this Tab Book. Wait for my next Tab book to tell you more spells.
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Defodio (Gouging Spell)
GougingSpell
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-FOH-dee-oh
Description: Allows the caster to dig and carve through the target.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by The Trio to escape from a bank in 1998 while riding a dragon. It was later used by Harry to write the epitaph for Dobby, who had been killed.
Etymology: The incantation is Latin for "I dig".
Deletrius (Eradication Spell)
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-LEE-tree-us
Description: Counter-charm to the Reverse Spell, vanishing the image of the last spell cast. It may also disintegrate other certain images.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell was only ever seen in 1994 when Amos Diggory used Prior Incantato to detect that Winky had cast Morsmordre using Harry Potter's wand.
Etymology: Latin delere, meaning "to destroy", and English "detritus", meaning rubble.
Densaugeo
Densaugeo Pottermore
Type: Hex
Pronunciation: den-SAW-jee-oh
Description: This hex causes the victim's teeth to grow rapidly, but can also be used to restore lost teeth, as proven when Ted Tonks did so in 1997 for Harry Potter.
Seen/Mentioned: Introduced in 1994, when Draco Malfoy's spell rebounded upon Hermione Granger; her teeth were past her collar before she was forced to run to the hospital to get them shrunk. Later used in 1997 to mend Harry Potter's broken teeth.
Etymology: From Latin dens, meaning "tooth", and augeo, meaning "I enlarge"; essentially, it means "I enlarge the tooth".
Deprimo
Deprimo
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-PREEM-oh
Description: Charm used to blast holes in the ground.
Seen/Mentioned: Hermione Granger blasted a hole through the living room floor of Xenophilius Lovegood's house in 1998 using this spell.
Etymology: The incantation, when non-capitalised, means "to depress" or "depress".
Depulso (Banishing Charm)
Depulso
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-PUL-soh
Description: Sends the target away from the caster. It is the counter-charm to the Summoning Charm.
Seen/Mentioned: Although it is learned in the fourth-year charms class at Hogwarts, it is used multiple times in 1993, as well as in 1995.
Etymology: From the Latin depulsio, meaning "drive away".
Descendo
Descendo
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-SEN-doh
Description: Causes object to fall or move downwards.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1997, it was used by Ron to magically cause the stairs in his bedroom, which lead to his family's attic, to descend; later that year, Crabbe used it in an attempt to cause a wall of rubbish behind which Ron was hiding to fall on him.
Etymology: Descendo is Latin for "I descend".
(Desk Into Pig)
DeskIntoPig
Type: Transfiguration
Description: Turns desks into pigs.
Seen/Mentioned: Professor McGonagall used this spell as a demonstration for her class of first years in 1991, then changed the pig back into a desk.
(Deterioration Hex)
Type: Hex
Description: Impairs foes and reduces their stamina.
Seen/Mentioned: Minerva McGonagall taught members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force this hex to help them address the results of the Calamity in the 2010s.
Diffindo (Severing Charm)
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Type: Charm
Pronunciation: dih-FIN-doh
Description: Used to precisely cut or tear objects.
Seen/Mentioned: Used twice in 1994, the first time being by Harry Potter to cut Cedric Diggory's bag in order to talk to the latter, and the second time being by Ron Weasley to cut the lace from the cuffs of his dress robes in an attempt to make them seem less feminine. The spell was used a third time by Harry to swap the covers of his second-hand and brand-new copies of Advanced Potion-Making.
Etymology: Latin diffindere, meaning "to divide" or "to split".
Diminuendo
Diminuendo 1
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: dim-in-YEW-en-DOUGH
Description: Forces the target to shrink.
Seen/Mentioned: Performed by Nigel Wolpert in 1995, during a Dumbledore's Army meeting.
Etymology: The incantation derives from the musical term diminuendo, meaning "a gradual decrease of the volume of sound".
Dissendium
Dissendium
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: dih-SEN-dee-um
Description: Used to open passages.
Seen/Mentioned: Used multiple times in 1993 to open the statue of Gunhilda of Gorsemoor, then again four years later in a failed attempt to open Salazar Slytherin's Locket.
Etymology: There are numerous suggestions.
Notes: This may not be a spell at all in the strict sense but a password; however, when used for the statue of the hump-backed witch, one must tap the statue with their wand, indicating that it is in fact a spell.
(Disillusionment Charm)
Disillusionment Charm
Type: Charm
Description: Causes the target to blend seamlessly in with its surroundings, like a chameleon.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Alastor Moody to disguise Harry Potter in 1995.
Draconifors (Draconifors Spell)
Draconifors 2
Type: Transfiguration
Pronunciation: drah-KOH-nih-fors
Description: Transforms the target into a dragon.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught in third year Transfiguration class.
Etymology: From the Latin word draco, meaning "dragon", and forma meaning "shape".
(Drought Charm)
Type: Charm
Description: Causes puddles and ponds to dry up. Though not powerful enough to drain a body of water like a lake
Seen/Mentioned: Mentioned by Ronald Weasley in 1994 when Harry was getting ready for the Second Task of The Triwizard Tournament.
Ducklifors (Ducklifors Jinx)
Ducklifors
Type: Transfiguration, Jinx
Pronunciation: DUCK-lih-fors
Description: Transforms the target into a duck.[3]
Etymology: From the English duck, and the Latin forma meaning "shape".
Duro (Hardening Charm)
HM y3 Duro
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: DYOO-roh
Description: Turns an object to stone.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Hermione Granger in 1998 while escaping from Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Etymology: Latin duro means "harden".
GougingSpell
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-FOH-dee-oh
Description: Allows the caster to dig and carve through the target.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by The Trio to escape from a bank in 1998 while riding a dragon. It was later used by Harry to write the epitaph for Dobby, who had been killed.
Etymology: The incantation is Latin for "I dig".
Deletrius (Eradication Spell)
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-LEE-tree-us
Description: Counter-charm to the Reverse Spell, vanishing the image of the last spell cast. It may also disintegrate other certain images.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell was only ever seen in 1994 when Amos Diggory used Prior Incantato to detect that Winky had cast Morsmordre using Harry Potter's wand.
Etymology: Latin delere, meaning "to destroy", and English "detritus", meaning rubble.
Densaugeo
Densaugeo Pottermore
Type: Hex
Pronunciation: den-SAW-jee-oh
Description: This hex causes the victim's teeth to grow rapidly, but can also be used to restore lost teeth, as proven when Ted Tonks did so in 1997 for Harry Potter.
Seen/Mentioned: Introduced in 1994, when Draco Malfoy's spell rebounded upon Hermione Granger; her teeth were past her collar before she was forced to run to the hospital to get them shrunk. Later used in 1997 to mend Harry Potter's broken teeth.
Etymology: From Latin dens, meaning "tooth", and augeo, meaning "I enlarge"; essentially, it means "I enlarge the tooth".
Deprimo
Deprimo
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-PREEM-oh
Description: Charm used to blast holes in the ground.
Seen/Mentioned: Hermione Granger blasted a hole through the living room floor of Xenophilius Lovegood's house in 1998 using this spell.
Etymology: The incantation, when non-capitalised, means "to depress" or "depress".
Depulso (Banishing Charm)
Depulso
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-PUL-soh
Description: Sends the target away from the caster. It is the counter-charm to the Summoning Charm.
Seen/Mentioned: Although it is learned in the fourth-year charms class at Hogwarts, it is used multiple times in 1993, as well as in 1995.
Etymology: From the Latin depulsio, meaning "drive away".
Descendo
Descendo
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-SEN-doh
Description: Causes object to fall or move downwards.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1997, it was used by Ron to magically cause the stairs in his bedroom, which lead to his family's attic, to descend; later that year, Crabbe used it in an attempt to cause a wall of rubbish behind which Ron was hiding to fall on him.
Etymology: Descendo is Latin for "I descend".
(Desk Into Pig)
DeskIntoPig
Type: Transfiguration
Description: Turns desks into pigs.
Seen/Mentioned: Professor McGonagall used this spell as a demonstration for her class of first years in 1991, then changed the pig back into a desk.
(Deterioration Hex)
Type: Hex
Description: Impairs foes and reduces their stamina.
Seen/Mentioned: Minerva McGonagall taught members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force this hex to help them address the results of the Calamity in the 2010s.
Diffindo (Severing Charm)
DiffindoCrop250
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: dih-FIN-doh
Description: Used to precisely cut or tear objects.
Seen/Mentioned: Used twice in 1994, the first time being by Harry Potter to cut Cedric Diggory's bag in order to talk to the latter, and the second time being by Ron Weasley to cut the lace from the cuffs of his dress robes in an attempt to make them seem less feminine. The spell was used a third time by Harry to swap the covers of his second-hand and brand-new copies of Advanced Potion-Making.
Etymology: Latin diffindere, meaning "to divide" or "to split".
Diminuendo
Diminuendo 1
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: dim-in-YEW-en-DOUGH
Description: Forces the target to shrink.
Seen/Mentioned: Performed by Nigel Wolpert in 1995, during a Dumbledore's Army meeting.
Etymology: The incantation derives from the musical term diminuendo, meaning "a gradual decrease of the volume of sound".
Dissendium
Dissendium
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: dih-SEN-dee-um
Description: Used to open passages.
Seen/Mentioned: Used multiple times in 1993 to open the statue of Gunhilda of Gorsemoor, then again four years later in a failed attempt to open Salazar Slytherin's Locket.
Etymology: There are numerous suggestions.
Notes: This may not be a spell at all in the strict sense but a password; however, when used for the statue of the hump-backed witch, one must tap the statue with their wand, indicating that it is in fact a spell.
(Disillusionment Charm)
Disillusionment Charm
Type: Charm
Description: Causes the target to blend seamlessly in with its surroundings, like a chameleon.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Alastor Moody to disguise Harry Potter in 1995.
Draconifors (Draconifors Spell)
Draconifors 2
Type: Transfiguration
Pronunciation: drah-KOH-nih-fors
Description: Transforms the target into a dragon.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught in third year Transfiguration class.
Etymology: From the Latin word draco, meaning "dragon", and forma meaning "shape".
(Drought Charm)
Type: Charm
Description: Causes puddles and ponds to dry up. Though not powerful enough to drain a body of water like a lake
Seen/Mentioned: Mentioned by Ronald Weasley in 1994 when Harry was getting ready for the Second Task of The Triwizard Tournament.
Ducklifors (Ducklifors Jinx)
Ducklifors
Type: Transfiguration, Jinx
Pronunciation: DUCK-lih-fors
Description: Transforms the target into a duck.[3]
Etymology: From the English duck, and the Latin forma meaning "shape".
Duro (Hardening Charm)
HM y3 Duro
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: DYOO-roh
Description: Turns an object to stone.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Hermione Granger in 1998 while escaping from Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Etymology: Latin duro means "harden".
