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Word Meanings - BEWITCHING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n.
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- CAPTIVATE
1. To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak. 2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts. - BEWITCHING
Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n. - ATTRACTIVE
1. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Sir I. Newton. 2. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. "Attractive graces." Milton. "Attractive - BEWITCHERY
The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South. - CHARMLESS
Destitute of charms. Swift. - ALLURANCE
Allurement. - CHARMER
1. One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. Deut. xviii. 11. 2. One who delights and attracts the affections. - ALLURE
To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor - CAPTIVATING
Having power to captivate or cham; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. -- Cap"tiva`ting*ly, adv. - ALLUREMENT
1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton. 2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor. - SEDUCTIVELY
In a seductive manner. - BEWITCHEDNESS
The state of being bewitched. Gauden. - ALLURER
One who, or that which, allures. - FASCINATE
1. To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to - BEWITCHMENT
1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor. 2. The power of bewitching or charming. Shak. - FASCINATION
1. The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest - BEWITCH
1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect by witchcraft or sorcery. See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak. 2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take - CAPTIVATION
The act of captivating. The captivation of our understanding. Bp. Hall. - BEWITCHER
One who bewitches. - SEDUCTIVE
Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer. This may enable us to understand how seductive is the influence of example. Sir W. Hamilton. - BECHARM
To charm; to captivate. - CRYSTALLURGY
Crystallizaton. - COUNTERCHARM
To destroy the effect of a charm upon. - HYDROMETALLURGICAL
Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores. -- Hy`dro*met`al*lur"gic*al*ly, adv. - METALLURGY
The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores. - UNCHARM
To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. Beau. & Fl. - UNBEWITCH
To free from a spell; to disenchant. South.