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spellbind
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb spellbind has 3 senses
- spellbind(v = verb.emotion) fascinate, grip, transfix - to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" is one way to interest
- spellbind(v = verb.communication) bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize - attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" is one way to charm, influence, tempt
- spellbind(v = verb.body) entrance - put into a trance; Array is one way to hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise, mesmerize
Derived form noun spellbinder1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derived form noun spellbinder1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derived form noun spellbinder1
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to spellbind Sue
CIDE DICTIONARY
spellbind, v. t.
To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to entrance or fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spellbind, tr. (past and past part. spellbound)
1 bind with or as if with a spell; entrance.
2 (as spellbound adj.) entranced, fascinated, esp. by a speaker, activity, quality, etc.
1 bind with or as if with a spell; entrance.
2 (as spellbound adj.) entranced, fascinated, esp. by a speaker, activity, quality, etc.
Derivative
spellbinder n. spellbindingly adv.
THESAURUS
spellbind
absorb, absorb the attention, arrest, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, carry away, cast a spell, catch, catch up, charm, enchant, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, entrance, exercise, fascinate, grab, grip, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hypnotize, immerse, infatuate, intrigue, involve, involve the interest, mesmerize, monopolize, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, preoccupy, shine, spell, take up, trance, transport, vamp, witch
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