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English Dictionary: spellbinding by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spellbinding
adj
  1. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
    Synonym(s): hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding
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.
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