enchant

Definitions


[ɛnˈtʃɑːnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fill (someone) with great delight; charm
(e.g: Isabel was enchanted with the idea)

- put (someone or something) under a spell; bewitch
(e.g: Marcia had enchanted the rope so that it simply regenerated when any length was cut off)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘put under a spell’ and ‘delude’; formerly also as inchant): from French enchanter, from Latin incantare, from in- ‘in’ + cantare ‘sing’




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