bewitched; bewitching; bewitches
1
a
: to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
b
: to cast a spell over
: to bewitch someone or something
Examples of bewitch in a Sentence
People believed the girls had been bewitched.
a Wiccan who believes that it is indeed possible to bewitch someone
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Comments Rosamund Pike and the rest of her Pride and Prejudice costars were bewitched, body and soul, by the romance drama's iconic dawn scene.
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 June 2025
Placing the designer in the context of the remote northern region that bewitched him, the show marks the 110th anniversary of his birth and the 40th anniversary of his death.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Meredith Alloway and Lily Houghton delivered a bewitching script that struck us as a project we felt deeply compelled to onboard early and ensure a theatrical release.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Those were the constant criticisms that were supposed to keep Kristin Chenoweth from landing a decent role, and certainly prohibit her from becoming an iconically bewitching performer and household name.
—Scott King, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 June 2025
Placing the designer in the context of the remote northern region that bewitched him, the show marks the 110th anniversary of his birth and the 40th anniversary of his death.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Meredith Alloway and Lily Houghton delivered a bewitching script that struck us as a project we felt deeply compelled to onboard early and ensure a theatrical release.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Those were the constant criticisms that were supposed to keep Kristin Chenoweth from landing a decent role, and certainly prohibit her from becoming an iconically bewitching performer and household name.
—Scott King, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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“Bewitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewitch. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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bewitch
verb
be·witch
bi-ˈwich 
1
: to put under a spell
2
: to attract or delight as if by magic
bewitchment
noun
-mənt
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