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noun

Enchantment n.

The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. "After the last enchantment you did here."

The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.

That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights. "Such an enchantment as there is in words."

Synonyms: Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery.

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Etymology of 'Enchantment'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enchantment" Quotes from Famous Books

... industry. But in the kingdom of the Church, where industry leads to nothing, not only is the lottery a consolation to the poor, but it forms an integral part of the public education. The sight of a beggar suddenly enriched, as it were by enchantment, goes far to make the ignorant multitude believe in miracles. The miracle of the loaves and fishes was scarcely more marvellous than the changing of tenpence into two hundred and fifty pounds. A high prize is like a present from God; it is money ...

— The Roman Question • Edmond About

... herself, and, by a single incautious word, removed one perplexity as to the condition in which I found her in the forest! The leopardess BOUNDED over; the princess lay prostrate on the bank: the running stream had dissolved her self-enchantment! Her own account of the object of her journey revealed the danger of the Little Ones then imminent: I had saved the life of their ...

— Lilith • George MacDonald

... him, and we talked till long after midnight, sailing anew our voyages of enchantment. He had just completed his work of editing "Picturesque California" and gave me a ...

— Alaska Days with John Muir • Samual Hall Young

... choice; and, as they leaned over the broken paling at the bottom of the garden in front of the stars, it had pleased her that he should put his arm round her, take her face in his hand and to kiss her lips. The forest, too, the enchantment of the tall trees, and the enigma of the moonlight falling through the branches and lighting up the banks over which he helped her, had wrought upon her imagination, upon her nerves, and there had been moments ...

— Celibates • George Moore

... duration of the silence that ensued. Molly grew to fancy it was some old enchantment that weighed upon their tongues and kept them still. At length Cynthia spoke, but she had to begin again before her ...

— Wives and Daughters • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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