Entry Word: bewitch

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to cast a spell on <a wicked fairy bewitched Sleeping Beauty so that she would sleep for a hundred years>

Synonyms charm, enchant, hex, spell

Related Words curse, jinx, possess; attract, beguile, captivate, fascinate, mesmerize, spellbind; entice, lure, seduce, tempt

Near Antonyms bless

2 to attract or delight as if by magic <an animated film that bewitches children and adults alike> — see charm 1