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enchant

(ɪntʃɑːnt, -tʃænt)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense enchants, present participle enchanting, past tense, past participle enchanted
1. verb
If you are enchanted by someone or something, they cause you to have feelings of great delight or pleasure.
Dena was enchanted by the house. [be VERB-ed]
She enchanted you as she has so many others. [VERB noun]
enchanted adjective
Don't expect young children to be as enchanted with the scenery as you are. [+ with]
Synonyms: fascinated, charmed, absorbed, entranced More Synonyms of enchant
Synonyms: bewitched, magic, possessed, charmed More Synonyms of enchant
2. verb
In fairy stories and legends, to enchant someone or something means to put a magic spell on them.
King Arthur hid his treasures here and Merlin enchanted the cave so that nobody shouldever find them. [VERB noun]
...Celtic stories of cauldrons and enchanted vessels. [VERB-ed]
More Synonyms of enchant

enchant in British English

(ɪnˈtʃɑːnt)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to cast a spell on; bewitch
2. 
to delight or captivate utterly; fascinate; charm
Derived forms
enchanter (enˈchanter)
noun
enchantress (enˈchantress)
feminine noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre to chant a spell, from cantāre to chant, from canere to sing

enchant in American English

(ɛnˈtʃænt; ɛnˈtʃɑnt; ɪnˈtʃænt; ɪnˈtʃɑnt)
verb transitive
1. 
to cast a spell over, as by magic; bewitch
2. 
to charm greatly; delight
SIMILAR WORDS:  atˈtract
Derived forms
enchanter (enˈchanter)
noun
Word origin
ME enchanten < OFr enchanter < L incantare, to bewitch < in- (intens.) + cantare, sing: see chant

Examples of 'enchant' in a sentence
enchant

If you haven't, welcome to an enchanting new world of whimsy and witchcraft.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Probably an enchanted ice world peopled by talking polar bears.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It has an enchanting courtyard garden and was then in a tranquil part of the city.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
The stage was like an enchanted garden with the musicians surrounded by pink twinkling trees and glittering silver statues.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was like an enchanted castle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Stepping in from the bright light of midday, you enter an enchanting world of manufactured twilight.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
More than that, literacy opens a door into enchanted worlds.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In an enchanted forest is a giant tree, whose branches stretch up into the clouds.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The mood Elegant and feminine meets enchanted garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It's hard to imagine that something so enchanting could be in any way menacing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is the fullest overview of the many transformations of one of the world 's most enchanting cities.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Her compositions featured decorative motifs inspired by nature, nodding to the mysterious world of fairytales and their enchanted gardens.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
All is not well in Britain's enchanted forests.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I imagined he was going to fight all my battles for me and then whisk me away to some enchanted world of blue skies and sunshine.
French, Barbara Coping with Bulimia (1987)
Together, we have brought the house back to life, but preserved the idea of an enchanted garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Cope, like all the best poets, has the ability to twist the mundane and workaday into something new and enchanting.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
So, amid fairytale fire torches and twinkling candles, we were led to our very own reindeer sleigh in the middle of an enchanted snow forest.
The Sun (2010)

In other languages
enchant

British English: enchant VERB
If you are enchanted by someone or something, they cause you to have feelings of great delight or pleasure.
She was enchanted by the house.
  • American English: enchant
  • Brazilian Portuguese: encantar
  • Chinese: 使陶醉
  • European Spanish: encantar
  • French: enchanter
  • German: bezaubern
  • Italian: incantare
  • Japanese: 魅了する
  • Korean: ~에 매혹되다
  • European Portuguese: encantar
  • Latin American Spanish: encantar

Chinese translation of 'enchant'

enchant

(ɪnˈtʃɑːnt)

vt

  1. (= delight) 使入迷 (shǐ rùmí)
(verb) 
Definition
to delight and fascinate
This book will enchant readers.
Synonyms
fascinate
She fascinated us, on and off stage.
delight
The report has delighted environmentalists.
charm
My sister charms everyone she meets.
entrance
She entranced the audience with her classical Indian singing.
dazzle
You dazzle me with your knowledge of the world.
captivate
I was captivated by her sparkling personality.
enthral
Children and adults alike are enthralled by his stories.
beguile
Her paintings beguiled the critics.
bewitch
She was not moving, as if someone had bewitched her.
ravish
an eerie power to ravish the eye and seduce the soul
mesmerize
There was something about her which mesmerized him.
hypnotize
He's hypnotized by that black hair and that white face.
cast a spell on
enrapture
enamour
spellbind

Additional synonyms

in the sense of beguile
Her paintings beguiled the critics.
Synonyms
charm,
please,
attract,
delight,
occupy,
cheer,
fascinate,
entertain,
absorb,
entrance,
win over,
amuse,
divert,
distract,
enchant,
captivate,
solace,
allure,
bewitch,
mesmerize,
engross,
enrapture,
tickle the fancy of
in the sense of bewitch
Definition
to attract and fascinate
She was not moving, as if someone had bewitched her.
Synonyms
enchant,
attract,
charm,
fascinate,
absorb,
entrance,
enthral,
captivate,
beguile,
allure,
ravish,
mesmerize,
hypnotize,
cast a spell on,
enrapture,
spellbind
in the sense of captivate
Definition
to attract and hold the attention of
I was captivated by her sparkling personality.
Synonyms
charm,
attract,
fascinate,
absorb,
entrance,
dazzle,
seduce,
enchant,
enthral,
beguile,
allure,
bewitch,
ravish,
enslave,
mesmerize,
ensnare,
hypnotize,
enrapture,
sweep off your feet,
enamour,
infatuate

Nearby words of
enchant

  • encampment
  • encapsulate
  • enchain
  • enchant
  • enchanted
  • enchanter
  • enchanting

Synonyms of 'enchant'

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