Accio (Summoning Charm)

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Type: Charm

Pronunciation: Various suggestions have been made, including: (AK-ee-oh) or (AK-see-oh)-film, (AK-see-oh)-UK audio book and video game, (AS-see-oh)-US audio book, and (AT-chee-oh)-Anglo-Catholic pronunciation

Description: This charm summons an object to the caster, potentially over a significant distance. It can be used in two ways; either by casting the charm and then naming the object desired, or by pointing your at the desired object during or immediately following the to "pull" the target toward the caster; in either case, the caster must concentrate on the object they wish to summon towards them in order for the charm to succeed. The caster doesn't necessarily need to know the location of the target if they say the name of the object to be summoned, such as when summoned some books from simply by saying "Accio Horcrux books!" while in .

Seen/Mentioned: summoned his to complete the first task of the in , and to summon the to escape and the in the in . Also, in the Harry summoned when he fell. Molly Weasley used it to get the twins' candy. The twins used it to summon their brooms from Dolores Umbridge's office

Notes: The summoning charm is limited only to items and small animals, as it was shown to be incapable of summoning ; it is also possible to bewitch items to become impervious to this spell.

Etymology: The Latin word accio means "I call" or "I summon".

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