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Definition of Beguilement

1. Noun. Magnetic personal charm.

2. Noun. An entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations.

Definition of Beguilement

1. n. The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled.

Definition of Beguilement

1. Noun. The characteristic of being beguiled. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beguilement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beguilement

begroans begrudge begrudged begrudger begrudgers begrudgery begrudges begrudging begrudgingly begrudgingness

begry begs begs off beguile beguiled beguilement (current term) beguilements beguiler beguilers beguiles

beguilest beguileth beguiling beguilingly beguilingness beguilings beguilt beguilted beguilty beguin

Literary usage of Beguilement

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

1. The English Review (1851)
"The Progress of beguilement to Romanism. A Personal Narrative. By ELIZA SMITH, Authoress of " Five Years a Catholic." London: Seeleys. ..."

2. The Story of the Glittering Plain, which Has Been Also Called the Land of by William Morris (1891)
"Secondly, we may well wot that heavy need hath driven the man to this beguilement; and I say that it was no unmanly deed for him to enter our hall and ..."

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