enchantment
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- noun
- /ɪnˈtʃæntmənt/
- Literature
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- With a wave of her wand, the fairy cast an enchantment that transformed the garden into a magical paradise.
- power of enchantment
But for the more potent and specifically elvish craft, I will, for lack of a less debatable word, call enchantment.
- But for the more potent and specifically elvish craft, I will, for lack of a less debatable word, call enchantment.
- This is the language that Dragons speak, and the language Segoy spoke, who made the islands of the world, and the language of our lays and songs, spells, enchantments and invocations.
- Some sort of wisdom, but it's one that is being learned from the Grove and its trees itself that are enchantment.
Examples
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Her powers of enchantment are transformative; above all, she can change men's shapes.
Academic text (1997) -
There's an enchantment sewn into its threads.
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I can cast a simple enchantment and have you looking just the way you were before.
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"One condition for ending the bad enchantment was that I never speak about it.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's some sort of enchantment, a wall of confusion.
Fiction book (1992) -
Furthermore, this city is alive with tales of magic and enchantment.
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I've never cast a spell of enchantment this powerful.
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We're here to save your land from evil enchantments.
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And throughout the land, everyone was happy until the sun went down and they saw that their daughter was cursed with a frightful enchantment that took hold each and every night.
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It was the enchantment, señora.
Synonyms
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Words believed to give someone magic power or make them unable to think clearly
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A word or verse spoken as a magic spell
A state when a magical spell controls someone
A time when someone or something seems controlled by magic
Compounds
Official nickname for the US state of New Mexico about its beautiful land and rich culture
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enchantment comes from old words that meant 'to sing' a spell; the part chant is the same as the English word chant, a simple song often used in rituals. So an enchantment was originally a song or spoken spell, which is why today it means a magical charm.