Definition of Bewitchment

1. Noun. A magical spell.

Exact synonyms: Enchantment
Generic synonyms: Black Art, Black Magic, Necromancy, Sorcery
Derivative terms: Bewitch, Enchant, Enchant

Definition of Bewitchment

1. n. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched.

Definition of Bewitchment

1. Noun. The characteristic of being bewitched. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bewitchment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bewitchment

bewitch
bewitchable
bewitched
bewitchedness
bewitcher
bewitcheries
bewitchers
bewitchery
bewitches
bewitchest
bewitcheth
bewitching
bewitchingly
bewitchingness
bewitchings
bewitchment (current term)
bewitchments
bewith
bewits
bewonder
bewondered
bewonderment
beword
bework
beworm
bewormed
beworming
beworms
beworried
beworries

Literary usage of Bewitchment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol (1913)
"CHAPTER VI OF THE bewitchment OF BLACK EYELASHES; AND OF A FATEFUL LACE HANDKERCHIEF LET it be understood that Barnabas was not looking at her as she lay ..."

2. Future Life in the Light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science by Louis Lucien Baclé (1906)
"bewitchment by means of a Simulacrum, or "Mummy." — Sensitivity in the "Mummy" Analogous to Rapport during Hypnosis. — Manifestation of the Ethereal Body by ..."

3. Witch Stories by Elizabeth Lynn Linton (1883)
"THE GEOLOGICAL bewitchment* In April 1652, Mary Ellins, aged nine years, daughter of Edward Ellins, of Evesham in the county of Worcester, was playing in ..."

4. Assyria: Its Princes, Priests and People by Archibald Henry Sayce (1885)
"The name of the evil bewitchment that has been brought about overpower, whether the bewitchment of my father, or the bewitchment of my begetter, ..."

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