"bewitch" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bəˈwɪt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bewitch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bewitches [present, singular, third-person], bewitching [participle, present], bewitched [participle, past], bewitched [past]
Rhymes: -ɪtʃ Etymology: From Middle English bewicchen, bewycchen, biwicchen, equivalent to be- + witch. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyk-|id=separate}}, {{inh|en|enm|bewicchen}} Middle English bewicchen, {{m|enm|bewycchen}} bewycchen, {{m|enm|biwicchen}} biwicchen, {{pre|en|be|witch}} be- + witch Head templates: {{en-verb}} bewitch (third-person singular simple present bewitches, present participle bewitching, simple past and past participle bewitched)
  1. (transitive) To cast a spell upon. Tags: transitive Translations (to cast a spell upon): ysht (Albanian), mësysh (english: evil eye) (Albanian), βασκαίνω (baskaínō) (Ancient Greek), abruxar (Asturian), ovsunlamaq (Azerbaijani), зачаро́ўваць (začaróŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), зачарава́ць (začaravácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), омайвам (omajvam) (Bulgarian), омагьосвам (omagjosvam) (Bulgarian), embruixar (Catalan), ᎦᏁᎫᏗᎠ (ganegudia) (Cherokee), očarovat [perfective] (Czech), začarovat [perfective] (Czech), uhranout [perfective] (Czech), zaklít [perfective] (Czech), okouzlit [perfective] (Czech), učarovat [perfective] (Czech), betoveren (Dutch), sorĉi (Esperanto), noitua (Finnish), ensorceler (French), envoûter (French), enfeitizar (Galician), enmeigar (Galician), galar (Galician), embruxar (Galician), verhexen (German), noitia (Ingrian), noitua (Ingrian), fascino (Latin), effascino (Latin), incanto (Latin), betövern [German-Low-German] (Low German), vertövern [German-Low-German] (Low German), маѓепса (maǵepsa) (Macedonian), mākutu (Maori), whaiwhaiā (Maori), whaiā (Maori), whitihoro (Maori), enchorchéler (Norman), entchéthaûder (Norman), forhekse (Norwegian Bokmål), forhekse (Norwegian Nynorsk), czarować (Polish), enfeitiçar (Portuguese), layqay (Quechua), vrăji (Romanian), fermeca (Romanian), fascina (Romanian), околдо́вывать (okoldóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), околдова́ть (okoldovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), зачаро́вывать (začaróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зачарова́ть (začarovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), witch (Scots), forspeak (Scots), vaum (Scots), hex (Scots), glamour (Scots), beglamour (Scots), blink (Scots), зачарати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), уклети [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), začarati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ukleti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), hechizar (Spanish), embrujar (Spanish), roga (Swahili), förhäxa (Swedish), yānk- (english: causative voice) (Tocharian B), büyülemek (Turkish), büyü yapmak (Turkish), зачаровува́ти (začarovuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зачарува́ти (začaruváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), bemagivön (Volapük), gǁxài (ǃXóõ)
    Sense id: en-bewitch-en-verb-iIGgTtN- Disambiguation of 'to cast a spell upon': 99 1 0
  2. (transitive) To fascinate or charm. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Occult Synonyms: forspeak Translations (fascinate, charm): κηλέω (kēléō) (Ancient Greek), θέλγω (thélgō) (Ancient Greek), enfeitizar (Galician), embruxar (Galician), fascino (Latin), оба́ивать (obáivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обая́ть (obajátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), aami (Southern Ohlone), förhäxa (Swedish), büyülemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bewitch-en-verb-f-l1f4d2 Disambiguation of Occult: 10 56 34 Disambiguation of 'fascinate, charm': 3 95 3
  3. (transitive) To astonish, amaze. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bewitch-en-verb-utmVNnf7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 22 73 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 19 33 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bewitchedness, bewitcher, bewitchery, bewitchful, bewitching, bewitchingly, bewitchingness, bewitchment

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ysht"
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          "word": "mësysh"
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          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "abruxar"
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "ovsunlamaq"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "začaróŭvacʹ",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
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          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "омайвам"
        },
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "omagjosvam",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "омагьосвам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "embruixar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "ganegudia",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "ᎦᏁᎫᏗᎠ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "očarovat"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "začarovat"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "uhranout"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zaklít"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "okouzlit"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "betoveren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "sorĉi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "noitua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "ensorceler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "envoûter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "enfeitizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "enmeigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "galar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "embruxar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "verhexen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "baskaínō",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "βασκαίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "noitia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "noitua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "fascino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "effascino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "incanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German"
          ],
          "word": "betövern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German"
          ],
          "word": "vertövern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "maǵepsa",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "маѓепса"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "mākutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "whaiwhaiā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "whaiā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "whitihoro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "enchorchéler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "entchéthaûder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "forhekse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "forhekse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "czarować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "enfeitiçar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "layqay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "vrăji"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "fermeca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "fascina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okoldóvyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "околдо́вывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okoldovátʹ",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "околдова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "začaróvyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "зачаро́вывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "začarovátʹ",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зачарова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "witch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "forspeak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "vaum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "hex"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "glamour"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "beglamour"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "blink"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "зачарати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "уклети"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "začarati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "ukleti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "hechizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "embrujar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "roga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "förhäxa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "txb",
          "english": "causative voice",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "yānk-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "büyülemek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "büyü yapmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "začarovuváty",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "зачаровува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "začaruváty",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зачарува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "bemagivön"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "nmn",
          "lang": "ǃXóõ",
          "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
          "word": "gǁxài"
        }
      ]
    },
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            "Forteana",
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        {
          "text": "I was bewitched by the sight of the girl dancing in the forest.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To fascinate or charm."
      ],
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        ],
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        "(transitive) To fascinate or charm."
      ],
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        {
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        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "word": "enfeitizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "word": "embruxar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kēléō",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "word": "κηλέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "thélgō",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "word": "θέλγω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "word": "fascino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obáivatʹ",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "оба́ивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obajátʹ",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обая́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "css",
          "lang": "Southern Ohlone",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "word": "aami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "word": "förhäxa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "fascinate, charm",
          "word": "büyülemek"
        }
      ]
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "19 33 48",
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        }
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        "To astonish, amaze."
      ],
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        [
          "astonish",
          "astonish"
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        [
          "amaze",
          "amaze"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To astonish, amaze."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈwɪt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
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    "English terms prefixed with be-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Mandarin translations",
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      "word": "bewitchedness"
    },
    {
      "word": "bewitcher"
    },
    {
      "word": "bewitchery"
    },
    {
      "word": "bewitchful"
    },
    {
      "word": "bewitching"
    },
    {
      "word": "bewitchingly"
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      "word": "bewitchingness"
    },
    {
      "word": "bewitchment"
    }
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      "form": "bewitches",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "bewitching",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "bewitched",
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    },
    {
      "form": "bewitched",
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          "ref": "1901, Andrew Lang, “The Fairy of the Dawn”, in The Violet Fairy Book",
          "text": "But above all beware never to look the Fairy of the Dawn in the face, for she has eyes that will bewitch you, and glances that will befool you.",
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        }
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        "To cast a spell upon."
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        [
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          "cast"
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        [
          "spell",
          "spell"
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        "(transitive) To cast a spell upon."
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        }
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        "To fascinate or charm."
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To fascinate or charm."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "forspeak"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To astonish, amaze."
      ],
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          "astonish",
          "astonish"
        ],
        [
          "amaze",
          "amaze"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To astonish, amaze."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈwɪt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "ysht"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "english": "evil eye",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "mësysh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "abruxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "ovsunlamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "začaróŭvacʹ",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачаро́ўваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "začaravácʹ",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачарава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "omajvam",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "омайвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "omagjosvam",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "омагьосвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "embruixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ganegudia",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "ᎦᏁᎫᏗᎠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "očarovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "začarovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uhranout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaklít"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "okouzlit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "učarovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "betoveren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "sorĉi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "noitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "ensorceler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "envoûter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "enfeitizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "enmeigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "galar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "embruxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "verhexen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "baskaínō",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "βασκαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "noitia"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "noitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "fascino"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "effascino"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "incanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "betövern"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "vertövern"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "maǵepsa",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "маѓепса"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "mākutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "whaiwhaiā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "whaiā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "whitihoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "enchorchéler"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "entchéthaûder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "forhekse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "forhekse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "czarować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "enfeitiçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "layqay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "vrăji"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "fermeca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "fascina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okoldóvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "околдо́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okoldovátʹ",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "околдова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "začaróvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачаро́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "začarovátʹ",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачарова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "witch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "forspeak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "vaum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "hex"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "glamour"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "beglamour"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "blink"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "зачарати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "уклети"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "začarati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ukleti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "hechizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "embrujar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "roga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "förhäxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "english": "causative voice",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "yānk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "büyülemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "büyü yapmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "začarovuváty",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачаровува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "začaruváty",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачарува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "bemagivön"
    },
    {
      "code": "nmn",
      "lang": "ǃXóõ",
      "sense": "to cast a spell upon",
      "word": "gǁxài"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "word": "enfeitizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "word": "embruxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kēléō",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "word": "κηλέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thélgō",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "word": "θέλγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "word": "fascino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obáivatʹ",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оба́ивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obajátʹ",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обая́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "css",
      "lang": "Southern Ohlone",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "word": "aami"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "word": "förhäxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fascinate, charm",
      "word": "büyülemek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bewitch"
}

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