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Tuesday word: Bewitch
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Bewitch (verb)
be·witch [bih-wich]
verb (used with object)
1. to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over.
2. to enchant; charm; fascinate: The painter bewitched the crowd with his latest work.
verb (used without object)
3. to cause someone to be enchanted; cast a spell over someone: She lost her power to bewitch.
OTHER WORDS FROM BEWITCH
be·witch·er, noun
be·witch·er·y, noun
be·witch·ing·ness, noun
be·witch·ment, noun
WORDS RELATED TO BEWITCH
beguile, captivate, dazzle, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, hypnotize, allure, attract, bedevil, capture, control, draw, entrance, hex, send, slay, spell, spellbind
See synonyms for: bewitch / bewitched / bewitching / bewitchery on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR BEWITCH
2. captivate, enrapture, transport
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1175–1225, bewitch is from the Middle English word biwicchen; see be-, witch
HOW TO USE BEWITCH IN A SENTENCE
In his new, expanded edition of Influence, he describes seven principles, or levers, that essentially bewitch our rational minds and lead us to comply without a second thought.
HOW TO GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING (EP. 463) | STEPHEN J. DUBNER | MAY 27, 2021 | FREAKONOMICS
In this episode of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, he gives a master class in the seven psychological levers that bewitch our rational minds and lead us to buy, behave, or believe without a second thought.
HOW TO GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING (EP. 463) | STEPHEN J. DUBNER | MAY 27, 2021 | FREAKONOMICS
Two years later, bewitched by the area, he launched the social enterprise that would become his life’s work.
IN EAST AFRICA, MOUNTAIN GORILLAS AND A NEW PARADIGM FOR WILDLIFE TRAVEL | HENRY WISMAYER | APRIL 23, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
That dramatic night, July 27, 2019, marked the peak of weeks of grasshoppers taking to the air after dark and, like moths bewitched by a porchlight, filling the brightly lit streets of the most intensely illuminated city in the United States.
WEATHER RADAR SHOWS 30 METRIC TONS OF GRASSHOPPERS SWARMED LAS VEGAS ONE NIGHT | SUSAN MILIUS | MARCH 30, 2021 | SCIENCE NEWS
At the beginning of October, 33-year-old Dume, who prefers to use his middle name only, believed he had been bewitched.
EAST AFRICA’S HEALERS EMBRACE MODERN MEDICINE TO TREAT DEPRESSION | CHARU KASTURI | DECEMBER 8, 2020 | OZY
Bewitch (verb)
be·witch [bih-wich]
verb (used with object)
1. to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over.
2. to enchant; charm; fascinate: The painter bewitched the crowd with his latest work.
verb (used without object)
3. to cause someone to be enchanted; cast a spell over someone: She lost her power to bewitch.
OTHER WORDS FROM BEWITCH
be·witch·er, noun
be·witch·er·y, noun
be·witch·ing·ness, noun
be·witch·ment, noun
WORDS RELATED TO BEWITCH
beguile, captivate, dazzle, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, hypnotize, allure, attract, bedevil, capture, control, draw, entrance, hex, send, slay, spell, spellbind
See synonyms for: bewitch / bewitched / bewitching / bewitchery on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR BEWITCH
2. captivate, enrapture, transport
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1175–1225, bewitch is from the Middle English word biwicchen; see be-, witch
HOW TO USE BEWITCH IN A SENTENCE
In his new, expanded edition of Influence, he describes seven principles, or levers, that essentially bewitch our rational minds and lead us to comply without a second thought.
HOW TO GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING (EP. 463) | STEPHEN J. DUBNER | MAY 27, 2021 | FREAKONOMICS
In this episode of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, he gives a master class in the seven psychological levers that bewitch our rational minds and lead us to buy, behave, or believe without a second thought.
HOW TO GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING (EP. 463) | STEPHEN J. DUBNER | MAY 27, 2021 | FREAKONOMICS
Two years later, bewitched by the area, he launched the social enterprise that would become his life’s work.
IN EAST AFRICA, MOUNTAIN GORILLAS AND A NEW PARADIGM FOR WILDLIFE TRAVEL | HENRY WISMAYER | APRIL 23, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
That dramatic night, July 27, 2019, marked the peak of weeks of grasshoppers taking to the air after dark and, like moths bewitched by a porchlight, filling the brightly lit streets of the most intensely illuminated city in the United States.
WEATHER RADAR SHOWS 30 METRIC TONS OF GRASSHOPPERS SWARMED LAS VEGAS ONE NIGHT | SUSAN MILIUS | MARCH 30, 2021 | SCIENCE NEWS
At the beginning of October, 33-year-old Dume, who prefers to use his middle name only, believed he had been bewitched.
EAST AFRICA’S HEALERS EMBRACE MODERN MEDICINE TO TREAT DEPRESSION | CHARU KASTURI | DECEMBER 8, 2020 | OZY