Definition of bewitchment
1a : the act or power of bewitchingb : a spell that bewitches
2 : the state of being bewitched
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Examples of bewitchment in a Sentence
the hope that there was some bewitchment that would turn their jerky son-in-law into a prince
while stuck in traffic, I could have used a bit of bewitchment to clear the road of other drivers
Recent Examples of bewitchment from the Web
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Here, where both land and life are flat, the privations of rural teenage existence yield wild and elemental bewitchments.
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Circa 1616
First Known Use of bewitchment
circa 1616
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