Enchanted
[in'tʃa:ntid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Enchant
(a.) Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.
Typist: Melville
Examples
- 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.
- The way wound through enchanted parks to a mighty wall that towered a hundred feet in air. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Well enough pleased, excessively enchanted, and with all their hearts ravished. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When I saw this valley, I was enchanted, for it was indeed a fortress, formed by the hand of Nature herself. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Instead of driving the nasty animal away in anger as I fully expected, he caressed and patted him, as though quite enchanted. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My brother and sister will be enchanted with this place. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The wanderer, decoyed into the enchanted castle, heard rising, outside, the spell-wakened tempeSt. What, in all this, was I to think of Madame Beck? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Flattered and enchanted to show him many. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Was she indeed some fairy princess, detained in an enchanted castle against her will? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- That he had been enchanted to learn that she had recovered her spirits, and that it had been but a passing discomfort. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr. Skimpole, lying on the sofa in his room, playing the flute a little, was enchanted to see me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We were all enchanted. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We don't belong to the line, Mrs. Crawley said, throwing up her head with an air that so enchanted her husband that he stooped down and kissed it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To us, Jerusalem and to-day's experiences will be an enchanted memory a year hence--memory which money could not buy from us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Below the surface of the ocean, there’s a strange, enchanted world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Major Martingale never thought about asking to see the marriage licence, Captain Cinqbars was perfectly enchanted with her skill in making punch. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I thought of the blue-eyed child who had enchanted me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It lay asleep in an enchanted atmosphere. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Melville