Reducio -
Reducto -
Reductor Curse -
Refilling Charm -
Relashio -
Reluctant Reversers, A Charm To Cure -
Rennervate -
Reparo -
Repelling Spell -
Repello -
Repello Muggletum -
restoring spell -
Revulsion Jinx -
Rictusempra -
Riddikulus -
room-sealing spell -
ropes, magical -
rowboat spell
Reducio
(re-DOO-see-oh)
reverse: Engorgio
"redusen" Middle Eng. diminish, from "reducer" Old Fr. bring back to the source, from "reducere" L. bring, lead
Causes an Engorged object to return to its normal size.
The fake Moody, who had enlarged a spider with an Engorgement Charm, used this to return it to its normal size (GF14).
Harry, who had enlarged a spider with an Engorgement Charm, tried to use this to return it to its normal size, but it didn't work (DH20).
Reducto
(re-DUC-toh)
"Reductor Curse"
"redusen" Middle Eng. diminish, from "reducer" Old Fr. bring back to the source, from "reducere" L. bring, lead
Blasts solid objects out of the caster's path.
Snape used this on rosebushes at the Yule Ball after his talk with Karkaroff (GF23)
Harry learned this spell as part of his preparation for the third task. He used it to blast a hole in the hedge (GF31)
A Reductor Curse during D.A. training reduced a table to dust (OP19)
Used by the various D.A. members at the beginning of the battle of the Department of Mysteries to smash shelves in the Hall of Prophecy as a diversion (OP35).
Reductor Curse
See REDUCTO.
incantation unknown
Causes the target container to refill itself.
Taught in sixth-year Charms (HBP22). It is not clear how this differs from a Conjuring Spell, which is a Transfiguration.
Harry used this successfully for the first time to refill the cups/glasses used by Slughorn and Hagrid at Aragog's wake (HBP22).
Relashio
"rilascio" It. - to release, to relax, to issue
Releases a jet of fiery sparks. Underwater, this spell fires a jet of boiling water.
Harry used this spell against the Grindylows during the second task (GF26).
Note that this incantation was given a rather different result in HBP10 when Ogden used it to knock Marvolo backward - away from Merope, whom he was attempting to strangle. This is not consistent with the previous usage of this incantation.
The incantation was again given a different result when Hermione used it to force the chains to withdraw into the arms of the chained chair (
DH13 ) and when Ron attempted to use it on Pettigrew's silver hand (although this last didn't work) (DH23).Harry used this to release the dragon from its chains in Gringotts' high-security area (DH25).
Reluctant Reversers, A Charm To Cure
no incantation given
Broom charm.
This spell is on page twelve of the Handbook of Do-It-Yourself Broom Care (PA2).
"en-" Old French from "in-" L. cause to be +
"nerves"
Eng. c.1603 strength, from "nervus" L. nerve
See Edits and Changes to
the Text - GF; this spell has been officially renamed by JKR from
its original name.
Some versions list this spell as "Enervate," which changes the
etymology quite a bit. In fact, if the word was really Enervate, the Latin
origins would have exactly the opposite meaning from what it meant as
Ennervate.
Spell used to revive a person who has been hit by a Stunner.
Amos Diggory woke up Winky with this (GF9)
Dumbledore used it to revive Barty Crouch junior (GF35)
Dumbledore also used it to revive Viktor Krum after he was stunned while watching over Barty Crouch senior (GF28).
"reparare" L. repair, restore
Undoes damage to an object.
Probably the spell Mr. Weasley used to repair Harry's glasses (CS4), Bill Weasley used to repair the table leg (GF5), and Percy used to repair his glasses when he bowed just a little bit too low (GF8).
Hermione cast this spell to repair the broken glass in the door to a railway carriage compartment (GF11)
McGonagall used what is very likely this spell to restore the leg of Neville's desk, which he had accidentally vanished (CS16).
Harry used this to fix the china bowl of Murtlap essence he'd knocked to the floor. The spell couldn't put the liquid back in the repaired bowl, however (OP15).
Snape used this spell to repair a shattered jar in his office during Occlumency lessons (OP26).
Hermione used this to repair a teacup that Ron had broken in Transfiguration (OP30).
Horace Slughorn and Albus Dumbledore seem to have cast this spell nonverbally (and in a masterly way) to undo the damage Slughorn had inflicted upon his borrowed living quarters in Budleigh Babberton (HBP4).
After cutting the covers off the old and new Potions textbooks in his possession and swapping them, Harry "repaired" the two swapped covers simultaneously by tapping each, then giving the incantation once (HBP11).
Harry used this to repair a bowl he had broken in Herbology (HBP14).
Harry attempted to use this to keep the sidecar attached to the flying motorbike, but it didn't work (DH4).
See REPELLO.
Repello
(re-PEL-oh
"Repelling Spell"
"repello" L. to repel
Spell that keeps something away from the caster or from a target object that the spell is cast upon.
The basic spell for repelling something starts with "Repello" followed by the correct Latinate word for the target to be repelled.
Before the Golden Snitch was introduced to Quidditch, this spell was cast by the spectators to keep the Snidget on the pitch (QA4).
See REPELLO MUGGLETUM.
Repello Muggletum
(re-PEL-oh MUG-ul-tum)
"Muggle-Repelling Charm"
"repello" L. to repel + "Muggletum"
Keeps Muggles away from the target place or object.
The basic spell for repelling something starts with "Repello" followed by the correct Latinate word for the object or objects (e.g., people) to be repelled.
The Quidditch World Cup Stadium had Muggle-Repelling Charms all over it; if Muggles got anywhere near it, they would suddenly remember some appointment they were late for and hurry off (GF8).
Various wizarding schools such as Durmstrang may have Muggle-Repelling Charms on them to prevent discovery (GF11).
One of the protective charms cast by Hermione on the campsite (DH14).
no incantation used
Forces an Animagus who has transformed into animal form to revert to his or her human form. The spell's effect is a bright blue-white flash of light.
Lupin and Sirius cast this spell together to change Scabbers back into Peter Pettigrew (PA19)
no incantation given
Forces the target to back off from the caster, letting go of him or her if the target is holding on to the caster. May be associated with a flash of purple light when cast.
Hermione used this jinx to force Yaxley to let go of her during the escape from the Ministry of Magic. At the time there was a flash of purple light (DH13, DH14).
Rictusempra
(ric-tu-SEM-pra)
"Tickling Charm"
"rictus" L. gaping mouth, grin + "sempra" L. always
Causes a person to laugh uncontrollably.
CS/f incorrectly shows this spell throwing Draco across the room, and CS/g is similarly incorrect in its effects.
Riddikulus
(ri-di-KYOO-lus)
"boggart
banishing spell"
"ridiculum" L. joke, from "ridere" L. to laugh
A simple charm requiring force of mind, this spell requires the caster to visualize his or her worst fear in an amusing form while reciting the incantation. When performed correctly, this forces the boggart to take on an appearance which will inspire the laughter that forms an effective defense against the creature.
Lupin taught the third year Defence Against the Dark Arts class to use this spell (PA7). The laughter it produces in onlookers is what does the boggart in.
Harry used this against a boggart in the Triwizard maze (GF31).
Molly tried and failed to use this spell against the boggart at number twelve, Grimmauld Place (OP9).
Harry did a perfect one during his Defence Against the Dark Arts practical O.W.L. (OP31)
no incantation given
Seals a room with a powerful charm that none but a powerful wizard could break.
Snape used a powerful magic spell to seal his office (GF25)
See COLLOPORTUS.
no incantation used in many cases, but possibly Incarcerous or similar
Sends out magical ropes from a wand which tie up someone firmly.
Dumbledore used magic ropes from his wand to bind Barty Crouch Jr. (GF36)
Quirrell created ropes out of thin air to bind Harry in the Chamber of the Stone. Then he clapped his hands and the ropes fell away (PS17).
Wormtail conjured tight cords to bind Harry to the headstone of Voldemort's father (GF32)
Snape used this spell to tie up Lupin. When he did it, there was a loud bang (PA19).
A similar enchantment is used on the chained chair in the Court of Magical Law. When a prisoner sits in that chair, the chains glow gold and encircle the person's arms, binding them to the chair (GF30, OP8, DH13)
See CONJURED ITEMS
no incantation used
Propels a rowboat along without oars.
Hagrid used his umbrella to cast this spell and "speed things up a bit" when he and Harry were coming back from the Hut-on-the-Rock (PS5).
Possibly it is this spell which propels the fleet of small boats from the dock near Hogsmeade station to Hogwarts castle (PS6).
See BOATS.
