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Definition of Spellbound
1. Adjective. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
Similar to: Enchanted
Definition of Spellbound
1. a. Bound by, or as by, a spell.
Definition of Spellbound
1. Adjective. Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spellbound
1. spellbind [v] - See also: spellbind
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spellbound
Literary usage of Spellbound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"spellbound means bound by a spell, a spell being originally a narrative myth or
fable, ... Bewitched means under the influence of a witch. spellbound and ..."
2. Vigilante Days and Ways: The Pioneers of the Rockies; the Makers and Making by Nathaniel Pitt Langford (1890)
"PEOPLE spellbound—DEATH OF WM. H. BELL — MEETING OF THE MASONS—MASONIC FUNERAL
... The people were spellbound, and knew not what to do. ..."
3. Vigilante Days and Ways: The Pioneers of the Rockies, the Makers and Making by Nathaniel Pitt Langford (1893)
"PEOPLE spellbound—DEATH OF WM. H. BELL — MEETING OF THE MASONS—MASONIC FUNERAL
... The people were spellbound, and knew not what to do. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"As yet, a deadly stillness lay on all nature—it, too, seemed spellbound, unable
to find voice or breath. ..."
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