figurative. To influence, enthral, powerfully attract or engage (the mind, senses, etc.) by beauty, sweetness, or other attractive quality; to…
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释义 | the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > charm (10) charmc1440 figurative. To influence, enthral, powerfully attract or engage (the mind, senses, etc.) by beauty, sweetness, or other attractive quality; to… allure?1532 transitive. To exercise an attractive power on; to appeal temptingly to; to fascinate, charm. Also intransitive: to be attractive or appealing. attract1584 transitive. To arouse the liking or interest of (a person, a seat of emotion); to engage the romantic or sexual feelings of. Also intransitive with… sirenize1592 transitive. To delight or charm; to allure or enchant. Also intransitive (quot. 1656). enchant1593 To charm, delight, enrapture. enamour1600 transitive. To inspire or inflame with love. Chiefly passive to be enamoured: to be in love. Const. of, †on, †upon, with. Also figurative. fetch1607 To move to interest, admiration, or goodwill by some happy contrivance or telling feature; to attract irresistibly. Also absol. to ‘take’, attract… inveiglea1720 In good or neutral sense: To beguile. seduce1747 To win by charm or attractiveness. Obsolete. rare. appeal1881 To address oneself, specially and in expectation of a sympathetic response, to some principle of conduct, mental faculty, or class of persons… |
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