"fascinate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fascinate.wav Forms: fascinates [present, singular, third-person], fascinating [participle, present], fascinated [participle, past], fascinated [past]
Etymology: From Latin fascinātus, perfect passive participle of fascinō (“enchant, bewitch, fascinate”), from fascinum (“a phallus-shaped amulet worn around the neck used in Ancient Rome; witchcraft”), which is of obscure origin. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|fascinātus}} Latin fascinātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} fascinate (third-person singular simple present fascinates, present participle fascinating, simple past and past participle fascinated)
  1. To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone. Translations (to evoke interest or attraction): fassineer (Afrikaans), فَتَنَ (fatana) (Arabic), привличам (privličam) (Bulgarian), очаровам (očarovam) (Bulgarian), fascinar (Catalan), 誘惑 (Chinese Mandarin), 诱惑 (yòuhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 迷住 (mízhu) (Chinese Mandarin), 吸引 (xīyǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), fascinovat (Czech), fascineren (Dutch), fascini (Esperanto), viehättää (Finnish), fasciner (French), fascinar (Galician), faszinieren (German), 魅惑する (miwaku suru) (alt: みわくする) (Japanese), fascino (Latin), manawarū (Maori), fascynować [imperfective] (Polish), zafascynować [perfective] (Polish), fascinar (Portuguese), очаро́вывать (očaróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очарова́ть (očarovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), завора́живать (zavoráživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), fascinar (Spanish), fascinera (Swedish), захо́плювати (zaxópljuvaty) (Ukrainian)
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  2. To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind. Translations (to spellbind): омайвам (omajvam) (Bulgarian), fascinovat (Czech), okouzlit (Czech), lumoutua (Finnish), fasciner (French), fascinar (Galician), faszinieren (German), fascino (Latin), fascinera (Swedish), зачаро́вувати (začaróvuvaty) (Ukrainian)
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  3. To be irresistibly charming or attractive to. Translations (to be charming or attractive): okouzlit (Czech), viehättää (Finnish), fasciner (French), fascinar (Galician), faszinieren (German), bezaubern (German), ātahu (Maori), очаро́вывать (očaróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очарова́ть (očarovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), пленя́ть (plenjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), плени́ть (plenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), зачаро́вувати (začaróvuvaty) (Ukrainian), чарува́ти (čaruváty) (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fascinating Related terms: fascination

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to be charming or attractive",
      "word": "зачаро́вувати"
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