ensorcell
To bewitch or enchant.
Verb
- To bewitch or enchant.
- Not any one of all theſe honord parts / Your Princely happes, and habites that do moue, / And as it vvere, enſorcell all the hearts / Of Chriſten kings to quarrell for your loue, […] - 1589, attributed to George...
- [H]e called into presence the kazees and the witnesses, and brought in the three Qurundeels, and brought in the first damsel, and her own sister who had been ensorceled, and he married the three to the three Qurundeels,...
- Juana Maria did not explain why the father had ensorcelled her nephew, though others told me he did it because the nephew had "damaged" ["deflowered"] the girl and then refused to marry her. - 1991, Joel Streicker,...
Synonyms: enspell hex spellbind bechat becry beglammer bespell bewitch conjure enchant englamour ensorcell forspeak glamour jinx maleficiate mojo spell spellcast witch
- To captivate, entrance, or fascinate.
- [A] distinction is drawn between the man who speaks as a friend and the man who acts like one. Not only might someone fail to live up to his words in deed, but he may ‘ensorcell’ or ‘beguile’ (θέλγοι) a fellow drinker,...
- Harry pursed his lips. He thought about Morgan Robertson and his magical books. He thought about Lyle Lillihammer, thoroughly ensorcelled, who was even now starting the second of what would probably be an entire series...
Synonyms: enthrall mesmerize sirenize allure arrest attract becharm beguile bewitch beckon captivate charm court delight draw effascinate enchant engage entrance enrapture fascinate forspeak hypnotize interest
Origin
From Old French ensorceler (“to cast a spell, enchant; to captivate”), a variant of ensorcerer, from en- (prefix meaning ‘caused’) + sorcier (“sorcerer”) (ultimately from Latin sors (“fate, lot; oracular response”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”)).