1
as in to possess
to cast a spell on
a Wiccan who believes that it is indeed possible to bewitch someone
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as in to fascinate
to attract or delight as if by magic
an animated film that bewitches children and adults alike
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Recent Examples of bewitch
Twin Peaks creator David Lynch, who died in January at 78, was clearly bewitched by the brew himself.
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
At its heart, of course, is the music that has long cast its spell, with Stern merely the latest to be bewitched and bedazzled.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman have bewitched the Netflix casting directors, body and soul.
—Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
Those moments, perhaps more than anything else, can bewitch one's body and soul.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
At its heart, of course, is the music that has long cast its spell, with Stern merely the latest to be bewitched and bedazzled.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman have bewitched the Netflix casting directors, body and soul.
—Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
Those moments, perhaps more than anything else, can bewitch one's body and soul.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewitch
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How naive of me to expect that those in the public eye would at least pretend to possess tact, diplomacy, magnanimity and graciousness rather than bark and growl like an angry pit bull on a thick clanking chain.—
Louis Balsamo,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
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The 6’4 guard possesses elite athleticism to complement his high-level defensive effort and blossoming three-point shot making.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The writer was fascinated with sharks after spotting them during childhood fishing trips with his father on Nantucket.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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That stuff about the Gunn Mummy fascinates me though.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
18 June 2025
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The family name, Vajra, is an ancient way of spelling the family’s surname, Vaira.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Earlier this month, a group of Cuban detainees at the facility protested the conditions by aligning their bodies in the recreation yard of the facility to spell SOS.—
Churchill Ndonwie,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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Each tune has its own momentum, with several of them enticing audiences and exciting them for his sophomore album American Heart, which arrives tomorrow (Friday, June 20).—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Netflix may entice its subscribers to chill, but the global streamer is working on new offerings and deals to future-proof its content lineup and business.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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The first classic of the summer noir genre is no doubt René Clément’s adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel The Talented Mr. Ripley about a young American upstart who travels to Italy and murders a wealthy socialite before stealing his identity and seducing his wife.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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She was also found guilty of disorderly conduct for supposedly trying to seduce an undercover policewoman named Margaret Leonard, who’d been assigned to entrap her.—
Kellie B. Gormly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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The screenplay loses its way at the end but kids and adults will be enchanted by the inventive, eccentric characters and the rich animation.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
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No longer interested in enchanting us, the filmmaker puts his audience through the wringer, and his kick-ass mentality is well-served by star Tom Cruise, who lives for these sorts of full-throttle roles.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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In the video, Chelsie Dahl shared her son's nightly ritual that has charmed viewers worldwide.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Bo Peep Bo Peep is a flirt who likes to charm the other toys.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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The combination of microservices with edge computing CDNs and micro frontends creates a robust application development framework that enables fast, resilient and scalable applications that delight users while driving business expansion.—
Raju Dandigam,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The sequel has plenty of the same horror-comedy elements that delighted audiences a couple years ago, but there’s also a major action upgrade that resembles the paths that Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgment Day took from their predecessors.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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“Bewitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewitch. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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