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verb

Enchant v. t. (past & past part. enchanted; pres. part. enchanting)

To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. "And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in." "He is enchanted, cannot speak."

To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. "Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted."

Synonyms: To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enchant" Quotes from Famous Books

... radiant heads of countless composite flowers are highest and most showy, and a walk or drive along any country road reveals such masses of color as to arrest and enchant the most unobservant eye. ...

— Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... "This idol would I have removed away From thence, and by your princely hand transport, In Macon's sacred temple safe it lay, Which then I will enchant in wondrous sort, That while the image in that church doth stay, No strength of arms shall win this noble fort, Of shake this puissant wall, such passing might Have spells and charms, if they ...

— Jerusalem Delivered • Torquato Tasso

... tragedies of Otway, Lee and Southern, are irresistibly moving, but they convey not such grand sentiments, and their language is far from being so poetical as Dryden's; now, if one dramatic poet writes to move, and another to enchant and instruct, as instruction is of greater consequence than being agitated, it follows naturally, that the latter is the most excellent writer, and possesses the ...

— The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) - Vol. III • Theophilus Cibber

... trees—with the Italian sky and the golden sunshine pervading a luminous atmosphere, while the joyous abandon of the dancers appeals to all who love Italy—is one of the many beautiful pictorial scenes of Mr. Stetson which enchant the eye and haunt the imagination. Another picture is called "Beggars,"—a name that illy suggests its splendor. There is the facade of a church to which a long flight of steps leads up, a procession of cardinals and friars in their rich robes, while at one side the groups of beggars shrink ...

— Italy, the Magic Land • Lilian Whiting

... content of his poems, we can say nothing adequate, because there is not much that can be said of spirit; either it is there and you feel it, and it works upon you, or it is not there. There are very few people writing verse today who have the power to charm us and enchant us and carry us away with them as Benet can. He has ...

— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton

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