Found 2 items, similar to Spellbind.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spellbind
spellbind
v 1: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing
terror or awe;
“The snake charmer fascinates the cobra”
[syn:
fascinate,
transfix,
grip]
2: attract strongly, as if with a magnet;
“She magnetized the
audience with her tricks” [syn:
magnetize,
mesmerize,
mesmerise,
magnetise,
bewitch]
3: put into a trance [syn:
entrance]
[also:
spellbound]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spellbind
Spellbind
\Spell"bind`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Spellbound; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Spellbinding.]
To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to
entrance or fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a
political campaign. --
Spell"bind`er, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]