fascinate

To fascinate is defined as to get someone very interested or to hold someone's attention.

(verb)

When a movie captivates a child and he can't stop watching, this is an example of a situation where the movie fascinates the child.

See fascinate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Obsolete to put under a spell; bewitch
to attract or hold motionless, as by a fixed look or by inspiring terror
to hold the attention of by being very interesting or delightful; charm; captivate

Origin: < L fascinatus, pp. of fascinare, to bewitch, charm < fascinum, a charm < ? or akin to Gr baskanos, sorcerer

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See fascinate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb fas·ci·nat·ed, fas·ci·nat·ing, fas·ci·nates

verb, transitive

verb, intransitive

To be irresistibly charming or attractive.

Origin:

Origin: Latin fascināre, fascināt-, to cast a spell on

Origin: , from fascinum, an evil spell, a phallic-shaped amulet

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