Bewitched

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bewitch \Be*witch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewitched}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Bewitching}.]
     1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to
        affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
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              See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm
              Is like a blasted sapling withered up. --Shak.
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     2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to
        take away the power of resistance; to enchant.
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              The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. --Dryden.
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     Syn: To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bewitched
       adj : under a spell [syn: {ensorcelled}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "bewitched":
     agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, astonished, astounded,
     at gaze, awed, awestruck, becharmed, beguiled, bewildered,
     breathless, captivated, charmed, confounded, dumbfounded,
     dumbstruck, enamored, enchanted, enraptured, enravished,
     enthralled, entranced, fascinated, flabbergasted, gaping, gauping,
     gazing, hag-ridden, heartsmitten, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of,
     infatuate, infatuated, lost in wonder, magical, marveling,
     mesmerized, miraculous, necromantic, obsessed, open-eyed,
     openmouthed, overwhelmed, popeyed, possessed, prodigious, puzzled,
     rapt in wonder, smitten, spellbound, staggered, staring, stupefied,
     surprised, thaumaturgic, thunderstruck, under a charm, wide-eyed,
     witch-charmed, witch-held, witch-struck, witched, wonder-struck,
     wonder-working, wondering, wondrous