Definition of "obeah" in English

noun

1. A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.

2. A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.

3. A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.

verb

1. (transitive) To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.

   • A poor old woman who thinks she has been Obeahed lies ill in an isolated hut on the short cut to New Castle. I discovered her while out shooting, and promised to send her medical aid. Her case is pressing.