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

  Enchanted \En*chant"ed\, a.
     Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by
     enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And now about the caldron sing,
              Like elves and fairies in a ring,
              Enchanting all that you put in.       --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He is enchanted, cannot speak.        --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as,
        music enchants the ear.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits
              forever should be enchanted.          --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
  
     Syn: To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. {Charm}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enchanted
       adj : influenced as by charms or incantations [ant: {disenchanted}]

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

  117 Moby Thesaurus words for "enchanted":
     agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, arrested, astonished,
     astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, becharmed, beguiled,
     bewildered, bewitched, breathless, bursting with happiness,
     captivated, carried away, castle-building, caught, charm-bound,
     charmed, confounded, daydreaming, daydreamy, delighted, dreamful,
     dreaming, dreamlike, dreamy, dreamy-eyed, dreamy-souled,
     dumbfounded, dumbstruck, ecstatic, elate, elated, enamored,
     enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, exalted, exultant,
     fascinated, fixed, flabbergasted, flushed, freaked out, gaping,
     gauping, gazing, gripped, happy, heartsmitten, held, high,
     hypnotized, imparadised, in a trance, in awe, in awe of,
     in ecstasies, in heaven, in paradise, in raptures,
     in seventh heaven, infatuate, infatuated, jubilant, lost in wonder,
     magical, marveling, mesmerized, miraculous, necromantic,
     on cloud nine, open-eyed, openmouthed, overjoyed, overjoyful,
     overwhelmed, pipe-dreaming, pixilated, pleased, popeyed, possessed,
     prodigious, puzzled, rapt, rapt in wonder, raptured, rapturous,
     ravished, rhapsodic, sent, smitten, spell-caught, spellbound,
     spelled, staggered, staring, stupefied, surprised, thaumaturgic,
     thrilled, thunderstruck, tranced, transported, under a charm,
     under a spell, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wonder-working, wondering,
     wondrous
  
  

















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