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enchanted


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Enchanted  \En*chant"ed\,  a. 
  Under  the  power  of  enchantment;  possessed  or  exercised  by 
  enchanters;  as  an  enchanted  castle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  enchanted 
  adj  :  influenced  as  by  charms  or  incantations  [ant:  {disenchanted}] 




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