enchantment
[en-chant-muhnt, -chahnt-]
- the art, act, or an instance of enchanting.
- the state of being enchanted.
- something that enchants: Music is an enchantment that never fails.
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Origin of enchantment
Synonyms
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fascination, magic, sorcery, charm, witchery, rapture, attraction, happiness, allurement, captivationExamples from the Web for enchantment
Contemporary Examples
But I also want jazz to be loved and enjoyed, to serve as a source of enchantment and delight.
But as the years go on, you learn about the oily machinery that manufactures all that enchantment.
This is true magic—the enchantment of love, memory, obsession, and the flawed attempts of human beings to understand themselves.
She is the author of a novel, Enchantment, and a collection of essays, Dreaming of Hitler.
Historical Examples
Those who have Imagination live in a land of enchantment which the eyes of others cannot see.
Ballads of a BohemianRobert W. Service
Her mother began to feel an enchantment of peace in her presence.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
The feeling inspired by such conditions is that of enchantment.
In the Heart of VosgesMatilda Betham-Edwards
We were absorbing what our hearts, if not our minds, called out for: the enchantment of Egypt.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
The only remains of this enchantment, these spells of the imagination, rest with you.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
enchantment
- the act of enchanting or state of being enchanted
- a magic spell or act of witchcraft
- great charm or fascination
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Word Origin and History for enchantment
n.
late 13c., from Old French encantement, from enchanter "bewitch, charm," from Latin incantare, literally "enchant, cast a (magic) spell upon," from in- "upon, into" (see in- (2)) + cantare "to sing" (see chant (v.)). Figurative sense of "alluring" is from 1670s. Cf. Old English galdor "song," also "spell, enchantment," from galan "to sing," source of the second element in nightingale.
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