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enchant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb enchant has 3 senses
- enchant(v = verb.emotion) delight, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport - hold spellbound; Array is one way to delight, please
- enchant(v = verb.emotion) becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, fascinate, trance - attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" is one way to appeal, attract
- enchant(v = verb.communication) bewitch, glamour, hex, jinx, witch - cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something; Array is one way to becharm, charm
Antonym: disenchant
Derived forms noun enchantment3, noun enchantment2
Sample sentence:
The good news will enchant her
Derived form noun enchantment1
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to enchant Sue
Derived forms noun enchanter1, noun enchantment3, noun enchantment2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
enchant, v. t. [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.].
- To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. [1913 Webster]"And now about the caldron sing,
Like elves and fairies in a ring,
Enchanting all that you put in." [1913 Webster]"He is enchanted, cannot speak." [1913 Webster] - To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. [1913 Webster]"Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted."
Syn. -- To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
enchant, v.tr.
1 charm, delight.
2 bewitch.
1 charm, delight.
2 bewitch.
Derivative
enchantedly adv. enchanting adj. enchantingly adv. enchantment n.
Etymology
ME f. F enchanter f. L incantare (as IN-(2), canere cant- sing)
THESAURUS
enchant
absorb, absorb the attention, allure, arrest, attract, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, carry away, cast a spell, catch, charm, delectate, delight, draw, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enrapture, enravish, ensorcel, ensorcell, enthrall, entrance, exercise, fascinate, freak out, glamour, grab, grip, hex, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hoodoo, hypnotize, immerse, imparadise, infatuate, intrigue, involve, involve the interest, knock dead, knock out, magic, magnetize, mesmerize, monopolize, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, please, preoccupy, ravish, send, slay, spell, spellbind, take, take up, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, transport, vamp, voodoo, wile, witch, wowROGET THESAURUS
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Pleasurableness
VB cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure, afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure, please, charm, delight, becharm, imparadise, gladden, take, captivate, fascinate, enchant, entrance, enrapture, transport, bewitch, enravish, bless, beatify, satisfy, gratify, desire, slake, satiate, quench, indulge, humor, flatter, tickle, tickle the palate, regale, refresh, enliven, treat, amuse, take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy, meet one's wishes, win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart, do one's heart good, attract, allure, stimulate, interest, make things pleasant, popularize, gild the pill, sugar-coat the pill, sweeten.Sorcery
VB practice sorcery, cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant, bewitch, bedevil, hoodoo, voodoo, entrance, mesmerize, magnetize, fascinate, taboo, wave a wand, rub the ring, rub the lamp, cast a spell, call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep, raise spirits from the dead.
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