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What (who) is enchant - definition
enchant
¦ verb
1. delight; charm.
2. [often as adjective enchanted] put under a spell: an enchanted garden.
Derivatives
enchantedly adverb
enchanting adjective
enchantingly adverb
enchantment noun
Origin
ME: from Fr. enchanter, from L. incantare, from in- 'in' + cantare 'sing'.
enchant
(enchants, enchanting, enchanted)
1.
If you are enchanted by someone or something, they cause you to have feelings of great delight or pleasure.
Dena was enchanted by the house...
She enchanted you as she has so many others.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
• enchanted
Don't expect young children to be as enchanted with the scenery as you are.
ADJ
2.
In fairy stories and legends, to enchant someone or something means to put a magic spell on them.
King Arthur hid his treasures here and Merlin enchanted the cave so that nobody should ever find them.
...Celtic stories of cauldrons and enchanted vessels.
VERB: V n, V-ed
Examples of use of enchant
1. Who else could enchant a huge tent of 11–year–olds for over an hour?
2. She is both a hideous monster and an exotic temptress, raised to enchant, to seduce.
3. A moderate from Massachusetts might not enchant the Republicans‘ conservative base.
4. Some of the greatest political merchants of death and disaster relied on charisma to seduce and enchant their followers too.
5. Jolly olde England and the Emerald Isle of Ireland continue to enchant and entice, even with the pound whomping the dollar nearly two to one.