enchant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb hold spellbound
    enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; transport.
  2. verb attract; cause to be enamored
    capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enamor.
    • She captured all the men's hearts
  3. verb cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
    bewitch; hex; glamour; witch; jinx.

WordNet

En*chant" transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Enchanted; present participle & verbal noun Enchanting
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913