enchant

en·chant

verb \in-ˈchant, en-\

Definition of ENCHANT

transitive verb

1

: to influence by or as if by charms and incantation : bewitch

2

: to attract and move deeply : rouse to ecstatic admiration <the scene enchanted her to the point of tears — Elinor Wylie>

Examples of ENCHANT

1. The book has enchanted children for almost a century.
2. The beauty of the place enchants.

Origin of ENCHANT

Middle English, from Anglo-French enchanter, from Latin incantare, from in- + cantare to sing — more at chant

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to ENCHANT

Synonyms: allure, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, fascinate, kill, magnetize, wile, witch [archaic]

Related Words: disarm, draw, entice, lure, pull, seduce, tempt; delight, gratify, please; arrest, enrapture, enthrall (or enthral), entrance; appeal (to), interest, intrigue; beckon, court, invite, solicit, woo

Near Antonyms: disgust, offend, repel, revolt; annoy, displease, irk; bore, tire, weary

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See Synonym Discussion at attract

Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

Rhymes with ENCHANT

aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, decant, descant, displant, eggplant, enceinte, explant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, levant, Levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, transplant, white ant