Enchant
[ɪn'tʃɑːnt;en-] or [ɪn'tʃænt]
Definition
(v. t.) To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.
(v. t.) To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear.
Edited by Jonathan
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Charm, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, enamour, win, catch, enrapture, ravish, beatify, please highly, lead captive.
Edited by Juanita
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENAMOR]
Typed by Keller
Definition
v.t. to act on by songs or rhymed formulas of sorcery: to charm: to delight in a high degree.—p.adj. Enchant′ed under the power of enchantment: delighted: possessed by witches or spirits.—n. Enchant′er one who enchants: a sorcerer or magician: one who charms or delights:—fem. Enchant′ress.—adv. Enchant′ingly with the force of enchantment: in a manner to charm or delight.—n. Enchant′ment act of enchanting: use of magic arts: that which enchants.
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Examples
- For time and persuasion and the love of pleasure may enchant a man into a change of purpose, and the force of grief and pain may compel him. Plato. The Republic.
- Yes, he said; everything that deceives may be said to enchant. Plato. The Republic.
- Her head concedes it, and Volumnia is enchanted. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was enchanted, then, by a genius that was under the command of King Solomon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was as if she were enchanted, and everything were metamorphosed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Who would be enchanted to serve you; who would be so true, so zealous, and so faithful every day! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They'll be enchanted. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To Jo's lively fancy, this fine house seemed a kind of enchanted palace, full of splendors and delights which no one enjoyed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If thou be changed into this shape by the will of God, say the seers to the enchanted, in the wise Arabian stories, then remain so! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He was quite enchanting. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But as she returned across the common, the place was reinvested with the old enchanting atmosphere. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- We shall travel many thousands of miles after we leave here and visit many great cities, but we shall find none so enchanting as this. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Flora, who had seemed enchanting in all she said and thought, was diffuse and silly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What a form she had, what a face she had, what a graceful, variable, enchanting manner! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The enchanting Lady Tippins leaves a card. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is an enchanting place. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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