ensorcell
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ensorcell
- /ɛnˈsɔːs(ə)l/ UK
- /ɪn-/ UK
- /ɛnˈsɔɹsəl/ US
Where it comes from
From Old French ensorceler (“to cast a spell, enchant; to captivate”), a variant of ensorcerer, from en- (prefix meaning ‘caused’) + sorcier (“sorcerer”) (ultimately from Latin sors (“fate, lot; oracular response”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”)).
verb ensorcells · ensorcelling · ensorcelled · ensorcel · sorcel
- To bewitch or enchant. Not any one of all theſe honord parts / Your Princely happes, and habites that do moue, / And as it vvere, enſorcell all the hearts / Of Chriſten kings to quarrell for your loue, […]
- To captivate, entrance, or fascinate. [A] distinction is drawn between the man who speaks as a friend and the man who acts like one. Not only might someone fail to live up to his words in deed, but he may ‘ensorcell’ or ‘beguile’ (θέλγοι) a fellow drinker, leading him to believe in friendship that is not supported by his conduct.
