enchant

Enchant is defined as to cast a spell on, or to delight someone.

(verb)

An example of enchant is a witch putting two people under a love spell.
An example of enchant is a beautiful and graceful woman walking into a room of single men.

See enchant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: ME enchanten < OFr enchanter < L incantare, to bewitch < in- (intens.) + cantare, sing: see chant

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See enchant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants

Origin:

Origin: Middle English enchanten

Origin: , from Old French enchanter

Origin: , from Latin incantāre, to utter an incantation, cast a spell

Origin: : in-, against; see en-¹

Origin: + cantāre, to sing

Origin: , frequentative of canere; see kan- in Indo-European roots

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