Word Meanings - ENCHAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains. 2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention. 3. To link together; to connect. Howell.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENCHAIN)

• Enamor
• Captivate
• fascinate
• enslave
• charm
• endear
• bewitch
• enchain

Related words: (words related to ENCHAIN)

• 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.
• ENSLAVEMENT
  The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South.
• ENDEAR
  1. To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak. 2. To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. King James I. .
• BEWITCHING
  Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n.
• BEWITCHERY
  The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.
• ENSLAVEDNESS
  State of being enslaved.
• ENAMOR
  To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science. Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream. W. Irving.
• ENDEAREDNESS
  State of being endeared.
• 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.
• ENDEAREDLY
  With affection or endearment; dearly.
• ENCHAIN
  1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains. 2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention. 3. To link together; to connect. Howell.
• BEWITCHEDNESS
  The state of being bewitched. Gauden.
• ENDEARING
  Making dear or beloved; causing love. -- En*dear"ing*ly, adv.
• FASCINATE
  1. To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to
• BEWITCHMENT
  1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor. 2. The power of bewitching or charming. Shak.
• ENAMORMENT
  The state of being enamored.
• BEWITCH
  1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect by witchcraft or sorcery. See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak. 2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take
• ENDEARMENT
  The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.
• ENSLAVER
  One who enslaves. Swift.
• BECHARM
  To charm; to captivate.
• REENSLAVE
  To enslave again.
• DISENCHAINED
  Freed from restraint; unrestrained. E. A. Poe.
• COUNTERCHARM
  To destroy the effect of a charm upon.
• DISENSLAVE
  To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.
• UNCHARM
  To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. Beau. & Fl.