enchant
verbEtymology
From Middle English enchaunten, from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre. Doublet of incant.
- derived from incantō
- derived from enchanter
- inherited from enchaunten
Definitions
To attract and delight, to charm.
To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).
- With the aid of his eponymous pipes, a satyr is capable of weaving a wide variety of melodic spells designed to enchant others and bring them in line with his capricious desires.
To magically enhance or degrade an item.
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An enchantment
- The top button is an enchant you can get with 1 lapis, the middle will need 2 lapis, and the bottom will need 3. In addition to lapis, you will need to have a certain number of experience points to get an enchant.
The neighborhood
- synonymbechat
- synonymbecry
- synonymbeglammer
- synonymbespell
- synonymbewitch
- synonymconjure
- synonymenchant
- synonymenglamour
- synonymensorcell
- synonymenspell
- synonymforspeak
- synonymglamour
- antonymcounterspell
- antonymdecharm
- antonymdehex
- antonymdisenchant
- antonymdisillusion
- antonymunbewitch
- antonymuncast
- antonymuncharm
- antonymuncurse
- antonymunenchant
- antonymunhex
- antonymunjinx
- neighborobeah
- neighborbecurse
- neighborcurse
- neighborencurse
Derived
disenchant, enchantable, enchanted, enchanter, enchanting, enchantment, enchantress, overenchant, reenchant, unenchant
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at enchant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at enchant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at enchant
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA