transitive. To arouse the liking or interest of (a person, a seat of emotion); to engage the romantic or sexual feelings of. Also intransitive with…

transitive. To throw into a trance or a similar state; †to stupefy; to entrance, enrapture. Chiefly poetic.

To move to interest, admiration, or goodwill by some happy contrivance or telling feature; to attract irresistibly. Also absol. to ‘take’, attract…

transitive. To draw or attract as a magnet does; to fascinate or charm. Occasionally intransitive.

To attach by pleasing qualities; to attract, charm, fascinate. Cf. 14. Also absol. Now rare; cf. engaging, adj.

To win by charm or attractiveness. Obsolete. rare.

To address oneself, specially and in expectation of a sympathetic response, to some principle of conduct, mental faculty, or class of persons…