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• past tense form of bewitch.
• past participle 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

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Etymology

Origin of bewitched

bewitch ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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bewitched

It was during a performance of the new track “Comet,” which has only been recorded live thus far, that Zardoya bewitched fans into head-banging along with her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

By the end of the second hour—partly spent traversing grid-patterned streets to avoid an accident—I was bewitched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 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

Chinese state media said the group had been "bewitched" by criminal organisations and were stranded in Thailand after illegally leaving the country.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025

The song filled each child with a bewitched, unnamable feeling; the same feeling that drove men into battle.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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