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ensorcell

verb
/ɛnˈsɔːs(ə)l/UK/ɛnˈsɔɹsəl/US

Etymology

From Old French ensorceler (“to cast a spell, enchant; to captivate”), a variant of ensorcerer, from en- (prefix meaning ‘caused’) + sorcier (“sorcerer”) (ultimately from Latin sors (“fate, lot; oracular response”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”)).

  1. derived from *ser-✻
  2. derived from sors
  3. derived from ensorceler

Definitions

  1. To bewitch or enchant.

    • 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.

  2. To captivate, entrance, or fascinate.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA