fascinated : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fascinated	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fascinated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fascinated adj having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixed]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fascinate \Fas"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fascinated}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fascinating}.] [L. fascinare; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to slander, bewitch.] 1. To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain. --Griffith (Cuvier). 2. To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms. there be none of the passions that have been noted to fascinate or bewhich but love and envy. --Bacon. Syn: To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch; attract.