ENCHANT

hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx

(verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant

(verb) attract; cause to be enamored; “She captured all the men’s hearts”

enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight

(verb) hold spellbound

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

enchant (third-person singular simple present enchants, present participle enchanting, simple past and past participle enchanted)

To attract and delight, to charm.

To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).

(RPG) To magically enhance or degrade an item.

Anagrams

• Nechtan

Source: Wiktionary


En*chant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchanting.] Etym: [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See Chant, and cf. Incantation.]

1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson.

2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. Sir P. Sidney.

Syn.

– To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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