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Enthrall

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience.

v. To enslave.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.

v. To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To hold in thrall; to enslave. See inthrall.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To reduce to the condition of or hold as a thrall or captive; enslave or hold in bondage or subjection; subjugate.

Hence To reduce to or hold in mental subjection of any kind; subjugate, captivate, or charm: as, to enthrall the judgment or the senses.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. hold spellbound

Word Usage

"And the interesting thing about the book, apart from its ability to enthrall, is that it hasn't really dated, or has dated only in inconsequential or charming ways."

Verb Form

enthralled enthralling enthralls enthrals

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

please delight

Variant

enthralled enthralling inthrall

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

enslave captivate

Same Context

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