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noun

Charm n.

1.

A melody; a song. (Obs.) "With charm of earliest birds." "Free liberty to chant our charms at will."

2.

A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation. "My high charms work."

3.

That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality. "Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul." "The charm of beauty's powerful glance."

4.

Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.

5.

Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.

6.

(Physics) A property of certain quarks which may take the value of +1, -1 or 0.

Synonyms: Spell; incantation; conjuration; enchantment; fascination; attraction.

verb

Charm v. t. (past & past part. charmed; pres. part. charming)

1.

To make music upon; to tune. (Obs. & R.) "Here we our slender pipes may safely charm."

2.

To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic. "No witchcraft charm thee!"

3.

To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe. "Music the fiercest grief can charm."

4.

To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate. "They, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear."

5.

To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life. "I, in my own woe charmed, Could not find death."

Synonyms: Syn. - To fascinate; enchant; enrapture; captivate; bewitch; allure; subdue; delight; entice; transport.

Charm v. i.

1.

To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms. "The voice of charmers, charming never so wisely."

2.

To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.

3.

To make a musical sound. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Charm'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Charm" Quotes from Famous Books

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— A Laodicean • Thomas Hardy

... was in another world at once, and the very novelty and strangeness of her surroundings had a great charm for her. Slowly she made her way round the church, looking at every tablet and monument, and trying in vain to decipher the writing upon them. But one amongst them brought her to a standstill: it was the figure of a little girl sculptured in white marble, lying in a recumbent position; ...

— Odd • Amy Le Feuvre

... "prophet" can only be applied to them by courtesy, for they are curly-haired boys with free and open countenances; one of them happens to hold a scroll and the other wears a chaplet of bay leaves. There is a certain charm about them, a freshness and vitality which reappears later on when Donatello was making the dancing children for the Prato pulpit and the singing gallery for the Cathedral. The two prophets, particularly the one to the right, are clothed with a skill and facility all the more remarkable ...

— Donatello • David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford

... struck upon an old beech-tree at the lower end of the garden, and turned all its young green into gold. The glorified bough waved like a banner in the breeze, and seemed to bring some beautiful message to Hetty which she could not quite catch. The charm of colour fascinated her eye, the graceful movement had a meaning for her. Springing up from her despondent attitude she leaned from the doorway, and felt a flush of joy glow in her heavy little heart. The same thrill of delight that had enraptured ...

— Hetty Gray - Nobody's Bairn • Rosa Mulholland

... some extent, the relief of having unburdened his mind of secrets that had weighed upon it for so many years produced in him a certain lightness of heart to which he had long been a stranger, yet the very charm of the impression made upon him by Juliet Byrne, during his first meeting with her that morning, led him to suspect uneasily that his hopes of her proving to be his child were due rather to ...

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