spellbind : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spellbind	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spellbind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spellbind v to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" Synonym(s): fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" Synonym(s): magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind put into a trance Synonym(s): entrance, spellbind
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spellbind \Spell"bind`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spellbound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spellbinding}.] 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.