sirenizev.
Now rare.
a. transitive. To delight or charm; to allure or enchant. Also intransitive (quot. 1656).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > charm
charmc1440
allure?1532
attract1584
sirenize1592
enchant1593
enamour1600
fetch1607
inveiglea1720
seduce1747
appeal1881
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (intransitive)] > fascinate or enchant
witch1499
sirenize1592
charm1709
fascinate1742
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > fascinate or enchant
enchantc1374
charmc1380
catchc1405
witch1499
bewitch1526
captive1528
allure?1532
captivate1535
disarm1553
enthral1562
sirenize1592
enamour1600
infascinate1687
fascinate1742
capture1796
besiren1861
1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iv, in Wks. (1884) I. 212 That same gentle kindnes,..that abandoned odious Hatred; That Sirenized Furies.
?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) vii. viii. sig. F2v Thy transparent eyes..Whose dumbe conceits diuinely syranyze.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Syrenize, to enchaunt, to bewitch.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sirenize, to play the Siren, to attract or allure, as Sirens do with singing.
b. To charm out of a certain state.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > fascinate or enchant > out of a state
sirenize1593
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 60 What soule is so metaphusicall subtile, that can humorously sirenize heauens soule, Iehouah, out of the concealements of hys Godhead?
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