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Definition of Enthralling
1. Adjective. Capturing interest as if by a spell. "A fascinating woman"
Definition of Enthralling
1. Adjective. exciting ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of enthrall) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enthralling
1. enthrall [v] - See also: enthrall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enthralling
Literary usage of Enthralling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most (1878)
"... And slept in many a crystal pool For quiet contemplation : No public and no
private care The freeborn mind enthralling, We made a day of happy hours, ..."
2. Legislative Document by New York (State). Legislature (1919)
"... antj enthralling amazement From the Table Rock I next passed under the fall.
The descent is by means of a spiral stair-way which is inclosed, ..."
3. Lakmé: Opera in Three Actsby Léo Delibes, Philippe Gille, Edmond Gondinet, Theodore T. Barker by Léo Delibes, Philippe Gille, Edmond Gondinet, Theodore T. Barker (1890)
"'T is a dream, a whim enthralling, Which, flown, is past recalling, But in my
heart, dazed, confounded, I feel, doubting and astounded, That alone is Lakmé ..."
4. The Bookman (1907)
"... enthralling novel The Long Road "enthralling and touching. ... A etory of
uncommon power and sympathetic quality. ..."
5. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1905)
"In her circle a line was drawn between the admissible coquetry which aims at
enthralling the whole man, and the inadmissible, which only aims at enthralling ..."
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