单词 | enchantment |
释义 | enchantmentn. 1. The action or process of enchanting, or of employing magic or sorcery. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] sigaldry?c1225 enchantery1297 enchantment1297 charminga1300 chantmentc1300 chantinga1382 forspeaking1483 fairyc1515 bewitching1535 enchanting1553 fascination1572 eye-biting1584 sparrow-blasting1589 effascination1624 enchant1634 maleficiation1649 spelling1665 glamour1793 weird1813 glamoury1821 ensorcellment1931 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 10 A clerk þoru enchantement hym bi gan to telle. c1400 Mandeville Voiage & Travaile (1839) iv. 25 It is made be Enchauntement. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1086 Thenchantementz of Medea and Circes. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. x By the damoysels enchauntement the swerd..felle oute of Accolons hande. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. xviii. 23 With thyne inchantment were deceaved all nacions. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvii. 236 There is no place of Scripture, that telleth us what an Enchantment is. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 9. ⁋2 I saw his great Coach..by a strange Inchantment turned into many different Vehicles. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 307 That he was under the influence of enchantment, was a solution which superstition had suggested. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 79 Poetical fables have placed Charlemagne in a world of heroism and enchantment. 2. figurative. Alluring or overpowering charm; enraptured condition; (delusive) appearance of beauty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive quality or feature > overpowering enchantment1678 spell1766 the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > fascination or enchantment witchcraft?c1550 witchery1575 sireny1600 bewitchment1610 captivation1610 bewitchery1652 enchantment1678 fascination1697 charming1720 witching1796 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 68 Th' Inchantment of her Riches. a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 47 The soft Enchantments of the Vine. 1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems i. 7 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view. 1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 194 Is there not..some of the child's heart left, to respond to its earliest enchantments. 1870 R. W. Emerson Farming in Wks. (1906) III. 60 There is a great deal of enchantment in a chestnut rail. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 3 The delight of enchantment among ideas of grace and beauty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1297 |
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