Bewitch

//bəˈwɪt͡ʃ// verb

verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cast a spell upon. transitive

    "And further, this examinate saith, that she sent both her spirits to Stonesby, to one Willison, a husbandman, and Robert Williman, a husbandman's son, and bade the kitten go to Willison and bewitch him to death, and the moldiwarp to the other and bewitch him to death, which they did, and within ten days they died."

  2. 2
    cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something wordnet
  3. 3
    To fascinate or charm. transitive

    "I was bewitched by the sight of the girl dancing in the forest."

  4. 4
    attract strongly, as if with a magnet wordnet
  5. 5
    To astonish, amaze. rare, transitive

    "Is it not a fact that the miners of this country are bewildered and bewitched and do not know what is to happen?"

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  1. 6
    attract; cause to be enamored wordnet

Synonyms

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hexmagnetizeabuseafflictaggrieveallure

Antonyms

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enrage

Example

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"I can teach you how to bewitch men."

Etymology

From Middle English bewicchen, bewycchen, biwicchen, equivalent to be- + witch.

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