Word Meanings - SPELLBIND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.

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• SPEECHLESS
  1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n.
• CAMPAIGNER
  One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
• SPEECHIFYING
  The dinner and speechifying . . . at the opening of the annual season for the buckhounds. M. Arnold.
• SPELLBIND
  To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.
• SPEECHFUL
  Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious.
• POLITICALLY
  1. In a political manner. 2. Politicly; artfully. Knolles.
• SPEECHIFY
  To make a speech; to harangue.
• SPELLFUL
  Abounding in spells, or charms. Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole.
• CHARMLESS
  Destitute of charms. Swift.
• ELOQUENCE
  1. Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. Eloquence is speaking out . . . out
• 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.
• SPEECHIFICATION
  The act of speechifying.
• SPELLER
  1. One who spells. 2. A spelling book.
• SPELLBOUND
  Bound by, or as by, a spell.
• SPELLWORK
  Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment. Like those Peri isles of light That hang by spellwork in the air. Moore.
• SPELLING
  The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
• SPELLKEN
  A theater. Byron.
• 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
• CAMPAIGN
  A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. Wilhelm. (more info) level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. 1. An open field; a large, open plain
• POLITICALISM
  Zeal or party spirit in politics.
• RESPELL
  To spell again.
• METROPOLITICAL
  Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall.
• BECHARM
  To charm; to captivate.
• IMPOLITICAL
  Impolitic. -- Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv. Bacon.
• COSMOPOLITICAL
  Having the character of a cosmopolite. Hackluyt.
• VISIBLE SPEECH
  A system of characters invented by Prof. Alexander Melville Bell to represent all sounds that may be uttered by the speech organs, and intended to be suggestive of the position of the organs of speech in uttering them.
• COUNTERCHARM
  To destroy the effect of a charm upon.