bewitch
verb (used with object)
to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over.
had bewitched
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past perfectof bewitch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ms Mattie was not the first Angeleno P-22 had bewitched.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2022
The origin of movement had bewitched some of history’s shrewdest minds: Alcmaeon, Plato, Aristotle, Posidonius, Al-Razi, Descartes, Newton, Franklin.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
Manderley was based on Menabilly, an abandoned house near Fowey in Cornwall, which had bewitched Du Maurier as a girl.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2018
"But West sounded like John Humphrys, and he exuded none of the menace, thunder or charisma that had bewitched audiences."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2013
Just as it had before he faced the Horntail, time was slipping away as though somebody had bewitched the clocks to go extrafast.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
