bewitch
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bewitch
- /bəˈwɪt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ɪtʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English bewicchen, bewycchen, biwicchen, equivalent to be- + witch.
verb bewitches · bewitching · bewitched
- To cast a spell upon. And further, this examinate saith, that she sent both her spirits to Stonesby, to one Willison, a husbandman, and Robert Williman, a husbandman's son, and bade the kitten go to Willison and bewitch him to death, and the moldiwarp to the other and bewitch him to death, which they did, and within ten
- To fascinate or charm. I was bewitched by the sight of the girl dancing in the forest.
- To astonish, amaze. Is it not a fact that the miners of this country are bewildered and bewitched and do not know what is to happen?
