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- "These straightforward but surprisingly dangerous charms cause certain things to swell or shrink. You will be learning both charms together, so that you can always undo an over-enthusiastic cast. There is thus no excuse for having accidentally shrunk your homework down to microscopic size or for allowing a giant toad to rampage through your school’s flower gardens."
- —Miranda Goshawk[src]
The Engorgement Charm[2] (Engorgio[1]), also known as Growing Charm,[3] is a charm that causes the target to swell immensely. It is the counter-charm for the Shrinking Charm, causing shrunken objects to return to their original size.[1]
If the caster attempts to engorge the target beyond a certain point it will violently explode. Although this spell is safe to use on animals, its use is not recommended until the counter-charm has been perfected.[1]
A variation of this spell is Engorgio Skullus, which makes the head of a person bigger.[4]
History
Miranda Goshawk included this charm in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2, the third spell in the book.[2] She also wrote about it in Book of Spells alongside the Shrinking Charm, which can be used to counteract this charm.[1]
This spell was covered in second year charm class during the 1985–1986 school year.[3]
Ron Weasley suspected that Rubeus Hagrid might have gotten in the way of a bad Engorgement Charm when he was young, not realising that he was half-giant.[5]
Effect
It appears as a circle of icy blue light emanating from the tip of the wand, much like a torch.[1] Anything within this circle will grow exponentially, bouncing and shivering.[1]
Known uses
| Caster(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Silvanus Kettleburn | Unknown | Used this charm to enlarge an Ashwinder snake for use in a theatrical performance of The Fountain of Fair Fortune at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[6] |
| Jacob's sibling | 1985–1986 school year | Jacob's sibling used an Engorgement Charm alongside the Shrinking Charm to sneak into another House common room.[3] |
| Rubeus Hagrid | 1992–1993 school year | Hermione suspected that Hagrid has used an Engorgement Charm on his pumpkins.[7] |
| Fred and George Weasley | August 1994 | The twins placed an Engorgement Charm on the Ton-Tongue Toffee that they "accidentally" dropped in front of Dudley Dursley.[8] |
| Kevin | The little wizard boy in the World Cup was casting an Engorgement Spell (or something very similar) on a slug.[9] | |
| Barty Crouch Jnr | Autumn, 1994 | He used an Engorgement Charm on each of the three spiders he had bought to his fourth year Defence Against the Dark Arts class to demonstrate the Unforgivable Curses.[10] |
| Harry Potter | December, 1997 | Harry cast this on a spider to practise with the blackthorn wand.[11] |
| Albus Potter | September, 2020 | In an alternate reality, these two boys cast this spell on Cedric Diggory in an attempt to humiliate him so that he would lose the Triwizard Tournament, and be saved from death.[12] |
| Scorpius Malfoy |
Known practitioners
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Add a photo to this galleryEtymology
The word engorge means "to fill to excess".
Behind the scenes
- Given that every potion's brewing process can only be completed by casting a spell, and that it can vary for each potion, the most likely spell used to complete the Swelling Solution is the Engorgement Charm.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First mentioned) (Indirectly mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Appears in alternate reality)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Appears in alternate reality)
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Wonderbook: Book of Spells (see this)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pottermore
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 1 (Year Two Begins)
- ↑ LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 (The Yule Ball)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 7 (Mudbloods And Murmurs)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 4 (Back to The Burrow)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 14 (The Unforgivable Curses)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 20 (Xenophilius Lovegood)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Two, Scene Twenty
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| Charms included in the series: Banishing Charm · Dancing Feet Spell · Disarming Charm · Engorgement Charm · Fire-Making Spell · Freezing Charm · General Counter-Spell · Levitation Charm · Locking Spell · Memory Charm · Mending Charm · Severing Charm · Softening Charm · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm · Tickling Charm · Unlocking Charm · Wand-Lighting Charm | |||||
