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spellbind

[spel-bahynd]

verb (used with object)

spellbound, spellbinding 
  1. to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.



spellbind

/ ˈɛˌɪԻ /

verb

  1. (tr) to cause to be spellbound; entrance or enthral

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • spellbindingly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spellbind1

1800–10; spell 2 + bind, deduced from spellbound
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Opera has turned to cinema for help with “Rigoletto,” on the surface a spellbinding drama.

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Between “Snooze” and “Crybaby,” she was lifted on wires, revealing a gauze train in the shape of a chrysalis, to spellbinding effect.

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I wasn’t alone in finding the runway spellbinding.

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Despite those challenges, Hannah captured spellbinding, stripped back versions of rarely-played tracks like Vampire Blues, If You Got Love and Prime Of Life.

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Yet listening to him address City's collapse in form was spellbinding and he even raised the spectre of what might happen if he is unable to halt the current downturn in fortunes.

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