Word Meanings - BECHARM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To charm; to captivate.

CAPTIVATE
1. To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak. 2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
CHARMLESS
Destitute of charms. Swift.
CHARMER
1. One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. Deut. xviii. 11. 2. One who delights and attracts the affections.
CHARMFUL
Abounding with charms. "His charmful lyre." Cowley.
CHARMERESS
An enchantress. Chaucer.
CHARMING
Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. Milton. Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely;
CHARM
for casmen, akin to Skr. çasman, çasa, a laudatory song, from a root 1. A melody; a song. With charm of earliest birds. Milton. Free liberty to chant our charms at will. Spenser. 2. A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice
CHARMEL
A fruitful field. Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest. Isa. xxix. 17 .
BECHARM
To charm; to captivate.
COUNTERCHARM
To destroy the effect of a charm upon.
UNCHARM
To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. Beau. & Fl.
DISENCHARM
To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. Jer. Taylor.
DECHARM
To free from a charm; to disenchant.