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Definition of Enchant
1. Verb. Hold spellbound. "The performance is likely to enchant Sue"
Generic synonyms: Delight, Please
Antonyms: Disenchant
Derivative terms: Enchantment, Enchantment, Enthrallment, Ravishment, Transport
2. Verb. Attract; cause to be enamored. "The performance is likely to enchant Sue"; "She captured all the men's hearts"
Specialized synonyms: Hold, Work
Generic synonyms: Appeal, Attract
Derivative terms: Beguilement, Beguiler, Bewitchery, Captivation, Captivation, Captive, Catch, Charm, Charmer, Charmer, Enchantment, Entrancement, Fascination, Trance
3. Verb. Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.
Specialized synonyms: Voodoo, Spell
Generic synonyms: Becharm, Charm
Derivative terms: Bewitchment, Enchanter, Enchantment, Enchantment, Glamour, Hex, Jinx, Witch, Witch, Witchery
Definition of Enchant
1. v. t. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.
Definition of Enchant
1. Verb. To attract and delight, to charm. ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) To cast a spell over. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enchant
1. to delight [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: delight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enchant
Literary usage of Enchant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The his- of the change is this : Juggling tricks i once considered a sort of
enchant- • : to enchant is to charm, and to m is to win the heart. resto. ..."
2. The New Laokoon: An Essay on the Confusion of the Arts by Irving Babbitt (1910)
"Boileau's more poetical contemporary, La Fontaine, in the course of a delightful
account of the creative imagination, says of man's power to enchant himself ..."
3. A Selection of English Synonyms by Elizabeth Jane Whately, Richard Whately (1860)
"To charm,' ' to enchant,' and ' to enrapture,' have a considerable resemblance in
... They differ chiefly in point of force ; ' enchant' being stronger than ..."
4. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de ( Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Edward Watts (1888)
"... Wherein is related the device which Sancho adopted to enchant the lady Dulcinea;
with other passages as laughable as they are true. ..."
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