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Enthrallment   Listen
noun
Enthrallment  n.  The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Enthrallment" Quotes from Famous Books



... subjection; dependence, dependency; subordination; thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom; feudalism, feudality^; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude; conquest. service; servitude, servitorship^; tendence^, employ, tutelage, clientship^; liability &c 177; constraint &c 751; oppression &c (severity) ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... was as far as Thyrsis had written, and he paused. Corydon was sitting with her hands clasped, and a look of enthrallment upon her face. "Oh, beautiful! ...
— Love's Pilgrimage • Upton Sinclair

... to form an epoch in the handling of musical style. Daring, brilliant and attractive, they disguise their profundity under so much grace, their science under so many charms, that it is with difficulty we free ourselves sufficiently from their magical enthrallment, to judge coldly of their theoretical value. Their worth has, however, already been felt; but it will be more highly estimated when the time arrives for a critical examination of the services rendered by them to art during that period of ...
— Life of Chopin • Franz Liszt

... Victoria, Prince Albert and the duke of Wellington, and a longer letter addressed by Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton. This last, which we are permitted to print from a copy made some time ago, is not exactly a model of composition, but it is very characteristic, and shows the strength of that enthrallment which led him, despite his natural kindness of heart, to risk the lives of his men in order to communicate with the object of ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, - No. 22, January, 1873 • Various

... Sybil heard no more; but she had heard enough to convince her, if she had not been convinced before, of her guest's treachery and her husband's enthrallment. ...
— Cruel As The Grave • Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth



Words linked to "Enthrallment" :   fascination, captivation



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