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• past participle of bewitch.
• past tense form of bewitch.

bewitched

American  

[bih-wicht] / bɪˈwɪtʃt /

adjective

1. affected by or as if by witchcraft or magic; under a spell.

   They heard strange stories from the local people about the house; someone said it was a bewitched house, that it was cursed.

2. enchanted, charmed, or fascinated by someone or something.

   On the second-last number, as the concert reached its crescendo, he invited a bewitched audience to join in with the chorus.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of bewitch.

Other Word Forms

• unbewitched
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of bewitched

bewitch ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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bewitched

It was hearing Murphy speak of his creative process that bewitched Hunnam into that “Yes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

But Mozart’s genius obliterates Salieri’s limited talent so utterly that the elder musician is bewitched by it.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

Studebaker halted Avanti production after only a year; but the design lived on until 2006, with its rights passing through a succession of wildcat coachbuilders too bewitched to help themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025

He said it was she who first bewitched him when he worked as a page in the stacks of the Johns Hopkins University library in Baltimore as an undergraduate.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

So she said nothing, and the next day another afternoon would pass with Pearl over at the Richardsons’ again, becoming more bewitched.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng