1
as in to fascinate
to attract or delight as if by magic
the child actress enchanted audiences with her bubbly personality
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2
as in to possess
to cast a spell on
out of spite, the jealous queen enchanted her chief rival for the title of the fairest one of all
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as in to hypnotize
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
the tales about the young wizard have enchanted children around the globe
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Recent Examples of enchant
My job as an entertainment journalist is to cover celebrities, not to be enchanted by them.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
Brownell recalls being enchanted by the electric chemistry between Thompson and Ha when shooting the heart-fluttering sequence.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
Ella has shades of Holly Hunter's intense, workaholic producer Jane from Brooks' 1987 masterpiece Broadcast News, the smartest person in any room who both exhausts and enchants everyone around her.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
The production and subsequent tours enchanted American audiences, firmly cementing the nutcracker as a Christmas star.
—Vanessa Romo, NPR, 9 Dec. 2025
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Details of the service were kept private, but the family's public show of solidarity in turning out to support Caroline is typical of the Kennedy dynasty, which has fascinated Americans for decades.—
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Why does Kubrick’s work continue to fascinate, thrill, and move us?—
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Fetty pleaded guilty in 2022 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine across state lines.—
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Myers pleaded guilty in May 2025 to one count each of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute near a school and illegally possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime.—
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In real life, Emily was thoroughly charmed.—
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Only a few days ago, this 49ers season looked inexplicably charmed.—
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While the football world was full of speculation, wondering whether his disappearance into a red-light therapy airstream spelled the end of his career, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford’s summer was filled primarily with uncertainty.—
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Her occupational therapists helped her practice tasks like holding a pencil and spelling her name.—
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Similar to fellow Arsenal summer signing Eberechi Eze — another keen chess player — the assumption would be that the skills taken from the board game have helped Zubimendi be a step ahead in enticing and then bypassing opposition players.—
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The algorithm, the Reddit user claimed, would save the higher-paying orders for casual drivers to entice them to use the app.—
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The director’s vision, incarnated by Seyfried’s bewitching presence and voice, invokes the uncanny atmosphere of early Shakerism.—
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And the defenders are just bewitched by this shift of the weight.—
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
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The legendary basketball squad, which was founded in 1926, has been delighting sports fans and families now for a full century.—
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Released in 1994, Sátántangó (based on László Krasznahorka’s novel) chronicled an impoverished Hungarian village that becomes seduced by a would-be prophet who has seemingly come back from the dead.—
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This year, we were seduced by silver trays and a new take on the TV-dinner table.—
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“Enchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchant. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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