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Definition of Bewitched
1. Adjective. Under a spell.
Definition of Bewitched
1. Adjective. Under a spell; entranced. ¹
2. Verb. (past of bewitch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bewitched
1. bewitch [v] - See also: bewitch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bewitched
Literary usage of Bewitched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1863)
"In the year 1696, a report was current throughout Spain, that Charles the Second
had been bewitched. This was so generally said, that the credulous monarch ..."
2. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of by Cotton Mather, Increase Mather (1862)
"What does such an Evidence amount unto more than this: Either such an one did
afflict such an one, or the Devil in his likeness, or his Eyes were bewitched. ..."
3. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"SPELLBOUND, bewitched. These words have a similar meaning. ... bewitched often
describes absorbing and exclusive admiration of or devotion to a person or an ..."
4. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being the Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather, Increase Mather (1862)
"About two Years ago, a bewitched Person in Chelmsford in her Fits, complained
that a worthy good Man, a near Rektion of hers did afflict her : So did she ..."
5. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"In 1679, William Morse's house, at Newbury, was troubled wilh the throwing of
bricks, stones, &c. and a bov of the family was supposed 1o be bewitched, ..."
6. Tales of Old Japan (1876)
"HOW A MAN WAS bewitched AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES. ... How many myriads
of men are there who have been bewitched by foxes ? ..."
7. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1863)
"In the year 1696, a report was current throughout Spain, that Charles the Second
had been bewitched. This was so generally said, that the credulous monarch ..."
8. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of by Cotton Mather, Increase Mather (1862)
"What does such an Evidence amount unto more than this: Either such an one did
afflict such an one, or the Devil in his likeness, or his Eyes were bewitched. ..."
9. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"SPELLBOUND, bewitched. These words have a similar meaning. ... bewitched often
describes absorbing and exclusive admiration of or devotion to a person or an ..."
10. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being the Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather, Increase Mather (1862)
"About two Years ago, a bewitched Person in Chelmsford in her Fits, complained
that a worthy good Man, a near Rektion of hers did afflict her : So did she ..."
11. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"In 1679, William Morse's house, at Newbury, was troubled wilh the throwing of
bricks, stones, &c. and a bov of the family was supposed 1o be bewitched, ..."
12. Tales of Old Japan (1876)
"HOW A MAN WAS bewitched AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES. ... How many myriads
of men are there who have been bewitched by foxes ? ..."
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