Enchantment - English meaning

noun

The power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others.

Usage examples:

His charm has captivated the media

verb

Delight greatly.

Usage examples:

The books have charmed children the world over

noun

A quality that makes you like or feel attracted to someone or something

Usage examples:

A woman of great charm, old-world charm it's a town with a lot of old-world charm., turn on the cha…

noun

The study or practice of hypnosis.

Usage examples:

Another psychologist, e.m. thornton, extends the analogy between hypnotism, mesmerism, and exorcism.

noun

The act of causing hypnosis

noun

A series of words said as a magic spell or charm.

Usage examples:

An incantation to raise the dead

noun

The saying of words believed to have a magical effect when spoken or sung

Usage examples:

[ c ] she recited an incantation designed to protect the planet.

noun

The power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.

Usage examples:

Suddenly, as if by magic, the doors start to open

adjective

Having or apparently having supernatural powers.

Usage examples:

A magic wand

verb

Move, change, or create by or as if by magic.

Usage examples:

He must have been magicked out of the car at the precise second it exploded

noun

The therapeutic system of f. a. mesmer.

Usage examples:

Particularly after the dramatic and well-publicized cure of the journalist harriet martineau, inter…

noun

The act of putting someone into a mental state like sleep, in which a person's thoughts can be easily influenced by someone else

noun

A magic charm, talisman, or spell.

Usage examples:

Someone must have their mojo working over at the record company

noun

A cuban sauce or marinade containing garlic, olive oil, and sour oranges.

Usage examples:

For local flavours, the piquant sauce called mojo is important.

noun

A quality that attracts people to you and makes you successful and full of energy

Usage examples:

He's definitely lost his mojo., he needs to get his mojo working if he's going to win the election.

noun

The supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future.

Usage examples:

Alchemy, necromancy, and other magic practices

noun

The act of communicating with the dead in order to discover what is going to happen in the future, or black magic (= magic used for bad purposes)

noun

The use of magic, especially black magic.

Usage examples:

I don't know whether you believe in witchcraft, sorcery, black magic, and all that kind of thing.

noun

A type of magic that is used esp. to harm someone or make things happen

noun

The practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection.

Usage examples:

Some descriptions made technology assessment sound like blustery sortilege; others made it out to b…

verb

Write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence.

Usage examples:

Dolly spelled her name

noun

A form of words used as a magical charm or incantation.

Usage examples:

A spell is laid on the door to prevent entry

verb

Allow (someone) to rest briefly by taking their place in an activity.

Usage examples:

I got sleepy and needed her to spell me for a while at the wheel

noun

The working of wonders or miracles; magic.

Usage examples:

He attracts people by his thaumaturgy

noun

The operation or effect of a supernatural or divine agency in human affairs.

Usage examples:

While theurgy (almost by definition) lies within the realms of both magic and religion, thaumaturgy…

noun

A religion practised in parts of the caribbean (especially haiti) and the southern us, combining elements of roman catholic ritual with traditional african magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession.

Usage examples:

They can use voodoo to help people

verb

A religion practised in parts of the caribbean and the southern us, combining elements of roman catholic ritual with traditional african magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession.

Usage examples:

They can use voodoo to help people

noun

A religion involving magic that began in africa and developed in haiti

noun

The practice of magic, especially black magic; the use of spells.

Usage examples:

Children and goods were believed to be vulnerable to the witchcraft of jealous neighbours

noun

The use of magic, esp. in stories, to help or harm people

noun

The art or practice of magic.

Usage examples:

Merlin used his powers of wizardry for good

noun

The skill of a wizard

Usage examples:

Using their high-tech wizardry, the police were able to locate the owners of the stolen property wi…