enchantmentn.
/ɛnˈtʃɑːntmənt//ɛnˈtʃantmənt/ 1. The action or process of enchanting, or of employing magic or sorcery.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun]
sigaldry?c1225
enchantery1297
enchantment1297
charminga1300
chantmentc1300
chantinga1382
forspeaking1483
fairyc1515
bewitching1535
enchanting1553
fascination1572
eye-biting1584
sparrow-blasting1589
effascination1624
enchant1634
maleficiation1649
spelling1665
glamour1793
weird1813
glamoury1821
ensorcellment1931
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 10 A clerk þoru enchantement hym bi gan to telle.
c1400 Mandeville Voiage & Travaile (1839) iv. 25 It is made be Enchauntement.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1086 Thenchantementz of Medea and Circes.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. x By the damoysels enchauntement the swerd..felle oute of Accolons hande.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. xviii. 23 With thyne inchantment were deceaved all nacions.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvii. 236 There is no place of Scripture, that telleth us what an Enchantment is.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 9. ⁋2 I saw his great Coach..by a strange Inchantment turned into many different Vehicles.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 307 That he was under the influence of enchantment, was a solution which superstition had suggested.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 79 Poetical fables have placed Charlemagne in a world of heroism and enchantment.
2. figurative. Alluring or overpowering charm; enraptured condition; (delusive) appearance of beauty.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive quality or feature > overpowering
enchantment1678
spell1766
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > fascination or enchantment
witchcraft?c1550
witchery1575
sireny1600
bewitchment1610
captivation1610
bewitchery1652
enchantment1678
fascination1697
charming1720
witching1796
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 68 Th' Inchantment of her Riches.
a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 47 The soft Enchantments of the Vine.
1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems i. 7 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.
1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 194 Is there not..some of the child's heart left, to respond to its earliest enchantments.
1870 R. W. Emerson Farming in Wks. (1906) III. 60 There is a great deal of enchantment in a chestnut rail.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 3 The delight of enchantment among ideas of grace and beauty.
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