enchant

[en-chant, -chahnt]

verb (used with object)

1. to subject to magical influence; bewitch.

   fairytales about witches who enchant handsome princes and beautiful maidens.

2. to delight to a high degree.

   Her gaiety and wit have enchanted us all.

   Synonyms: enrapture, captivate, attract, fascinate

3. to impart a magic quality or effect to.

enchant

/ ɪnˈtʃɑːnt /

verb

1. to cast a spell on; bewitch

2. to delight or captivate utterly; fascinate; charm

Other Word Forms

• unenchanted adjective
• enchanter noun
• enchantress noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of enchant¹

1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French enchanter < Latin incantāre to put a spell on; incantation

Word History and Origins

Origin of enchant¹

C14: from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre to chant a spell, from cantāre to chant, from canere to sing

Example Sentences

In August, the high-profile couple announced they were engaged with a joint Instagram post that looked straight out of an enchanted garden.

From Los Angeles Times

The flying cars of “The Jetsons,” a futuristic animated sitcom that enchanted television audiences in the early 1960s, are “not a bad analogy,” Cox said.

From Los Angeles Times

Her daughter became so enchanted with Tarzan’s world that she insisted on doing her homework in a tree.

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It’s as though this object has become an enchanted amulet that has brought me simultaneously back into the past, her past, and forward into the future, my future.

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I met him on a night that can only be described as enchanted.

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Related Words

• beguile 
• bewitch 
• captivate 
• carry away 
• charm 
• enamor 
• enrapture 
• enthrall 
• entice 
• fascinate 
• gratify 
• hypnotize 
• please 
• thrill 
• wow