Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having power to bewitch or fascinate; fascinating; charming: as, “bewitching tenderness,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
- adjective Enchanting.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capturing interest as if by a spell
Etymologies
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Examples
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Her face was described as bewitching, and it was said that her mouth “supplemented the devastation that was caused by her eyes.”
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Her face was described as bewitching, and it was said that her mouth “supplemented the devastation that was caused by her eyes.”
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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This habit of taking tobacco gradually extended from the extremities of the north to those of the south, and, in one form or other, seems to be equally grateful to the inhabitants of every climate; and by a singular caprice of the human species, no less inexplicable than unexampled (so bewitching is the acquired taste for
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Thereupon Narayana called his bewitching Maya (illusive power) to his aid, and assuming the form of an enticing female, coquetted with the
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Thereupon Narayana called his bewitching Maya (illusive power) to his aid, and assuming the form of an enticing female, coquetted with the Danavas.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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This daughter, who is described as a bewitching beauty, was taken to wife by Lachland McGillivray, a Scotchman engaged in the Indian trade.
Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism Henry Jones Ford 1888
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Just take the word "bewitching," remove a few letters, and add a "Y," and you'll have a pretty good idea of what she's like.
The WritingYA Weblog: Fall into Mystery: Gratz and McClintock a. fortis 2008
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Just take the word "bewitching," remove a few letters, and add a "Y," and you'll have a pretty good idea of what she's like.
Archive 2008-10-01 a. fortis 2008
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Here's some interior art, to give you some idea of the "bewitching" effect these issues had on me:
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Here's some interior art, to give you some idea of the "bewitching" effect these issues had on me:
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