enchant
verb
[ ɪnˈtʃɑːnt ]
• fill (someone) with great delight; charm.
• "Isabel was enchanted with the idea"
Similar:
captivate,
charm,
delight,
dazzle,
enrapture,
entrance,
enthral,
beguile,
bewitch,
spellbind,
ensnare,
fascinate,
hypnotize,
mesmerize,
divert,
absorb,
engross,
rivet,
grip,
transfix,
tickle someone pink,
bowl someone over,
get under someone's skin,
rapture,
• put (someone or something) under a spell; bewitch.
• "Marcia had enchanted the rope so that it simply regenerated when any length was cut off"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘put under a spell’ and ‘delude’; formerly also as inchant ): from French enchanter, from Latin incantare, from in- ‘in’ + cantare ‘sing’.
