enchantment
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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As you gather more materials, you’ll move up to stone, iron, and eventually diamond equipment, while learning how to create enchantments and potions.
What I wish I knew before playing Minecraft with my kids | Jean Levasseur | February 4, 2022 | Popular-ScienceIf Phil is cruel, his intelligence is off the charts—and even he is capable of succumbing to enchantment.
Jane Campion's Gorgeous Western The Power of the Dog Is a Sharp Study of Masculinity Gone Awry | Stephanie Zacharek | September 2, 2021 | TimeEach year, the Land of enchantment sees a handful of cases, in both humans and animals, like dogs and rats.
Galileo also understood that while the Church had the pomp and magic of decades of art and music, science had the enchantment of a new invention—the telescope.
Galileo the Science Publicist - Issue 103: Healthy Communication | Mario Livio | July 14, 2021 | NautilusAny book that tries to do justice to Keats must be beautiful at least a fair bit of the time, and “Keats’s Odes,” particularly when its author allows herself to be carried by the force of her enchantment with the poems, satisfies that requirement.
Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions | Troy Jollimore | February 25, 2021 | Washington Post
But I also want jazz to be loved and enjoyed, to serve as a source of enchantment and delight.
A century apart, Paul Rosolie and Henry Walter Bates describe their abiding enchantment with the Amazon.
But as the years go on, you learn about the oily machinery that manufactures all that enchantment.
I Joined the Peace Corps Because of Angelina Jolie | Sean Smith | January 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTA prime enchantment was that tourists never visit the Statue of Liberty by night, so there was no electricity on the island.
This is true magic—the enchantment of love, memory, obsession, and the flawed attempts of human beings to understand themselves.
He, Bastien-Lepage, painter of the soil, found himself unable to transfer to canvas the enchantment of that land of fairy tale!
Bastien Lepage | Fr. CrastreRealm of enchantment, break your mystic spell, Land of the lotus, smiling land farewell!
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe hard-hearted executor of the law was brought within the influence of her enchantment.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottDo these gentlemen really feel the thunderclap or the enchantment of an object of art?
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierIf you can work magic, why don't you break the enchantment you are under and return to your proper form?
The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank Baum
British Dictionary definitions for enchantment
/ (ɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt) /
the act of enchanting or state of being enchanted
a magic spell or act of witchcraft
great charm or fascination
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