enchant
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transitive verb \in-ˈchant, en-\Definition of ENCHANT
1
: to influence by or as if by charms and incantation : bewitch
2
: to attract and move deeply : rouse to ecstatic admiration <the scene enchanted her to the point of tears — Elinor Wylie>
Examples of ENCHANT
- The book has enchanted children for almost a century.
- The beauty of the place enchants.
Origin of ENCHANT
Middle English, from Anglo-French enchanter, from Latin incantare, from in- + cantare to sing — more at chant
First Known Use: 14th century
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Rhymes with ENCHANT
aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, decant, descant, displant, eggplant, enceinte, explant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, levant, Levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, transplant, white ant
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