Ensorcell
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɛnˈsɔːs(ə)l/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ensorcell is a verb meaning (transitive) To bewitch or enchant.
Meaning
(transitive) To bewitch or enchant.
More Meanings
- (transitive, figuratively) To captivate, entrance, or fascinate.
Example Sentences
She joked about her previous suspicions of sorcery, saying that one claims one has been ensorcelled, but, really, the sorcery was one's own body.
This gentle poem is a model of reader-response theory: the song moulders in the book until the reader, the One Right Reader, ensorcels it, ensouls it.
Not any one of all theſe honord parts / Your Princely happes, and habites that do moue, / And as it were, enſorcell all the hearts / Of Chriſten kings to quarrell for your loue, […]
Juana Maria did not explain why the father had ensorcelled her nephew, though others told me he did it because the nephew had "damaged" ["deflowered"] the girl and then refused to marry her.
Word Forms
- ensorcells
- ensorcelling
- ensorcelled
- ensorcel
Synonyms for ensorcell
Depending on context, synonyms include enspell, hex, spellbind, bechat, becry, beglammer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bewitched, enchanted, ensorcel, sorcel, bewitch, conjure.
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