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- adjective
Under a spell ;entranced . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
bewitch .
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- adjective under a spell
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Examples
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The idea that Satan was at all times seeking to undermine the Puritan church also made it easy to believe that anyone living outside of, or contrary to, that church was an agent of the devil, in short, bewitched.
Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday
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We are bewitched, that is certain, and we shall not get away from here before broad day.
X. Beneath the Stars 1917
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"Is your sword bewitched, or under the influence of some imperial charm?"
The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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"Is your sword bewitched, or under the influence of some charm?"
The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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Bill later claims that he was "bewitched" when he began the cautious descent.
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Bill later claims that he was "bewitched" when he began the cautious descent.
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That sounded a BIT better until he added that they are considered "bewitched", victims of "black magic."
Karin Luisa: Assisted Living for the Demented: Locked-Up Syndrome 2009
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Consumers have lost their senses, have become "bewitched," and Dowd wonders what's next.
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Consumers have lost their senses, have become "bewitched," and Dowd wonders what's next.
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After the religious police arrested Faliah, she was convicted in April 2006 by a court in the town of Quraiyat on the basis of her coerced confession and statements of witnesses who said she had "bewitched" them.
Rights Group Wants Saudis To Commute Death Sentence of Convicted "Witch" Howard M. Friedman 2008
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