spellbind

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verb

1. attract strongly, as if with a magnet
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
• Syn:
magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch
• Derivationally related forms:
spellbinder, magnetization (for: magnetize), magnet (for: magnetize)
• Hypernyms:
charm, influence, tempt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. put into a trance
• Syn:
entrance
• Derivationally related forms:
spellbinder, entrancement (for: entrance)
• Hypernyms:
hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to spellbind Sue
3. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
- The snake charmer fascinates the cobra
• Syn:
fascinate, transfix, grip
• Derivationally related forms:
spellbinder, grip (for: grip), fascination (for: fascinate)
• Hypernyms:
interest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  entrance, magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, fascinate, transfix, grip