cast a spell over, enchant, spellbind, charm
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Bewitch Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
(v. t.)
To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.
bewitch
\be*witch"\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. bewitched (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. bewitching.]
1. to gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. see how i am bewitched; behold, mine arm is like a blasted sapling withered up.
2. to charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. the charms of poetry our souls bewitch.
Rheibio = v. to seize, to snatch, to captivate, to bewitch
Ystrempio = v. to dash; to bewitch
Verb
1. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
(synonym) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, entrance, enchant
(hypernym) attract, appeal
(hyponym) hold
(derivation) bewitchery, beguilement, animal magnetism
2. attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
(synonym) magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, spellbind
(hypernym) charm, influence, tempt
3. cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
(synonym) hex, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
(hypernym) charm, becharm
(hyponym) voodoo
(derivation) enchantment, bewitchment
Bewitch Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Bewitch (1945–1959) was a Thoroughbred race horse born in 1945 at Calumet Farm, Kentucky, United States in the same crop in which the stallion Bull Lea produced Citation and Coaltown. Each of these exceptional Bull Lea foals were, in time, inaugurated into the Thoroughbred Hall of Fame. Bewitch was the only filly.
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