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{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
 
|name=''Incarcifors''
 
|name=''Incarcifors''
 
|image=[[File:Incarcifors.jpg|250px]]
 
|image=[[File:Incarcifors.jpg|250px]]
|incantation=Incarcifors (in-KAR-si-forz)
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|incantation=Incarcifors<br/>(in-CAR-si-fors)<ref name="TCG">{{TCG}}</ref>
|type=[[Transfiguration]]
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|type=[[Transfiguration]]<ref name="TCG">{{TCG}}</ref>
 
|hand=
 
|hand=
 
|light=
 
|light=
|effect=Transfigures an object into a prison
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|effect=Turns object into prison<ref name="TCG">{{TCG}}</ref>
 
}}
 
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'''''Incarcifors''''' is a [[Transforming spell]] that transfigures an object so it can imprison a passing creature.
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'''''Incarcifors''''' was the [[incantation]] of a [[Transforming Spells|transforming spell]] that [[Transfiguration|transfigured]] an object into a suitable prison for a nearby [[creature]], allowing it to capture or imprison the victim.<ref name="TCG">{{TCG}}</ref>
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
The prefix "incarci-" probably comes from the English "To incarcerate" and the suffix "-fors" (often used in transfiguration spells) is Latin for "chance, luck, fortune", though it may also come from "forma" (or simply English form) meaning form.
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The prefix "''incarci-''" probably comes from the English "''to incarcerate''", with the [[-fors suffix]] attached.
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Caught!]]
 
*[[Caught!]]
 
*''[[Incacerata]]''
 
*''[[Incacerata]]''
*''[[Incarcerous]]''
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*''[[Incarcerous Spell|Incarcerous]]''
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*{{TCG}} {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''
 
   
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==Notes and references==
[[es:Incarcifors]]
 
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{{Reflist}}[[es:Incarcifors]]
 
[[fr:Incarcifors]]
 
[[fr:Incarcifors]]
 
[[pl:Incarcifors]]
[[Category:Transfiguration Spells]]
 
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[[pt-br:Incarcifors]]
[[Category:Transforming spells]]
 
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[[ru:Инкарсифорс]]
[[Category:Spells]]
 
 
[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]
 
[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]
 
[[Category:Transforming spells]]

Revision as of 05:51, 4 August 2020

Incarcifors was the incantation of a transforming spell that transfigured an object into a suitable prison for a nearby creature, allowing it to capture or imprison the victim.[1]

Etymology

The prefix "incarci-" probably comes from the English "to incarcerate", with the -fors suffix attached.

See also

Appearances

Notes and references