Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To practise sorcery or witchcraft on; subdue by charms or spells; hold as by a spell; bewitch.
- To impart a magical quality or effect to; change the nature of by incantation or sorcery; bewitch, as a thing.
- To delight in a high degree; charm; fascinate.
- Synonyms Enchant, Charm, Fascinate, captivate, enrapture, carry away. To fascinate is to bring under a spell, as by the power of the eye; to enchant and to charm are to bring under a spell by some more subtle and mysterious power. This difference in the literal affects also the figurative senses. Enchant is stronger than charm. All generally imply a pleased state in that which is affected, but fascinate less often than the others.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.
- v. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture.
WordNet 3.0
- v. attract; cause to be enamored
- v. hold spellbound
- v. cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
Etymologies
- From French enchanter, from Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English enchanten, from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre, to utter an incantation, cast a spell : in-, against; see en-1 + cantāre, to sing, frequentative of canere; see kan- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Her forehead eclipses the rose and the apple, and her look and expression enchant the people;”
“She wore a ring engraved with the words 'Sa douçeur m'enchant' (Your sweetness enchants me).”
“To find how sweet it is to die. — and other verses and burdens of the same sort, such as enchant when sung and fascinate when written.”
“On the airship I watched him 'enchant' a slug gun by slipping his finger behind the trigger, then snatch it from the trooper as she struggled to fire it.”
“I’ve pretty much lost track of the number of times I’ve seen something like: “WTB lowest priced fiery red sword enchant” in the trade channel.”
“-- and other verses and burdens of the same sort, such as enchant when sung and fascinate when written.”
“Either Stephenson's heavyweight tome will pull in the votes with its massive gravitational field; or the Gaiman Effect will enchant all those in the vicinity and The Graveyard Book will take the award.”
“To enchant our customers and exceed their expectations.”
“Sherlock is the rare reinvention that's likely to enchant purists as well as those yearning for a new look at an old favorite.”
“Maui's winding road to Hana will enchant even the most jaded drivers.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘enchant’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
( open list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/macabrephantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 311 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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On with their heads!
Words that make other words with the addition of one letter at the beginning. The resulting words are tagged "behead".
men, his, yes, any, iota, limb, aged, laid, land, lead, read, word and 327 more...
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GRE
predilection, explicit, appeal, supplication, appealing, enchanting, ovation, pertinent, apropos, opportunely, applicable, germane and 381 more...
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Come right this way!
Words that draw us toward an object or destination.
lure, tempt, suck in, summon, seduce, pull, persuade, inveigle, fascinate, entrap, enchant, draw and 12 more...
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charms
all sorts of ...fortune, gnome, green, chance, luck, gheluc, success, good, spells, hypnotic, prosperity, blessing and 38 more...
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intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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kalidas's Words
crepuscular, mellifluous, ephemeral, diaphanous, zeitgeist, geisterfahrer, infinite, eternal, idyllic, azure, reminiscent, oblivion and 521 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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Magicial Verbs
enchant, curse, hex, jinx, cast, chant, summon, charm, bewitch
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Resounding Words
great timbre
sone, sonata, resound, sonorous, consonant, unison, sonic, swan, sonant, sonnet, dissonance, scraunch and 142 more...
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mango22's Words
avalanche, apple, arrividerci, awry, adamant, asunder, barter, beloved, calm, cataclysmic, catastrophe, coat and 143 more...
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Some Words I Love to Use
arcology, strumpet, crux, confected, pedant, bluestocking, cogitation, incensed, lovecraftian, cygnet, dactyl, adytum and 539 more...
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1906 Railway Cipher Code
Terms from the Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, 1906. The terms were shorthand for common phrases used in telegraphic communications between station agents and Railway Asso...
abdominal, abetting, abiology, ablative, abnormal, abominate, aboveboard, abrasive, absinth, abstinent, accursed, acetate and 212 more...
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DEF's list
Obscure Words
obfuscate, harbinger, morose, meniscus, conspicuous, grandiose, cogitated, matron, erudite, oness, apothegms, assuage and 475 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for enchant.

hernesheir "Engine off the track". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Jan 22, 2013
Telofy album even Aug 17, 2009
fbharjo in song Jan 9, 2009