Thoughts? Beast and Disillusionment Charm

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 47732

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> bboy_mn wonders:
> 
> I was recently reading 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'(pg
> ixi) and came across a 'Disillusionment Charms'. A charm you place 
on
> a magical creature to keep muggles from spotting it.
> 
> Maybe I'm being to literal, but 'disillution' means free or deprived
> of all illusion or being DISenchanted. Of course, disenchanted means
> free from illusion or false belief; undeceive.
> 
> So, isn't that backwards? Shouldn't it be an Illusionemnt Charm or 
an
> Anti-Disillusionment Charm, meaning the placement of illusion, false
> beliefs, and enchantments, or acting against the lose or removal of
> illusion and/or false belief?
> 
> This popped into my head because we were discussing the charms that
> might be placed around the Burrow to keep muggles from noticing it. 
> 
> Any thoughts? 
> 

Well it wouldn't be the only one--backward spell, that is. This is 
going to come awful close to being a "one liner" but "ENERVATE" as a 
spell for re-animating an unconcious person is also backwards. 
Ennervat, according to Websters means "1:to lessen the vitality or 
strengh of 2: to reduce the mental or moral vigor of."

Melpomene