enchant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: enchant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for enchant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enchant v hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] Antonym(s): disenchant, disillusion attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" Synonym(s): capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something Synonym(s): hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enchant \En*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enchanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enchanting}.] [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See {Chant}, and cf. {Incantation}.] 1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. --Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. --Tennyson. 2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. {Charm}.