enchant

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US/ɪnˈt͡ʃænt/US/ɛnˈt͡ʃænt/Northern England/ɪnˈt͡ʃant/Northern England/ɛnˈt͡ʃant/

verb

To attract and delight, to charm.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

verbenchant (third-person singular simple present enchants, present participle enchanting, simple past and past participle enchanted)

present singular third person enchants · participle present enchanting · participle past enchanted · past enchanted · alternative obsolete enchaunt · alternative obsolete inchant · alternative obsolete inchaunt

  1. To attract and delight, to charm.
    1 more example

    New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.

    2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012

    Synonyms: captivate, enthrall, sirenize, allure, arrest, attract, becharm, beguile

  2. To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).

    With the aid of his eponymous pipes, a satyr is capable of weaving a wide variety of melodic spells designed to enchant others and bring them in line with his capricious desires.

    2009, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary, Paizo Publishing, →ISBN, page 241

    Synonyms: bespell, enspell, spellbind

  3. roleplaying gamesTo magically enhance or degrade an item.
nounenchant (plural enchants)

plural enchants · alternative obsolete enchaunt · alternative obsolete inchant · alternative obsolete inchaunt

  1. gamesAn enchantment

    The top button is an enchant you can get with 1 lapis, the middle will need 2 lapis, and the bottom will need 3. In addition to lapis, you will need to have a certain number of experience points to get an enchant.

    2015, Megan Miller, The Big Book of Hacks for Minecrafters: The Biggest Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).

More synonyms by meaning

verbcast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinincantāre
  2. Old Frenchenchanter
  3. Middle Englishenchaunten
  4. Englishenchant

From Middle English enchaunten, from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre. Doublet of incant.

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Translations

Ancient Greek θέλγω, κηλέω
  • θέλγω (thélgō)to attract and delight
  • κηλέω (kēléō)to cast a spell upon
  • θέλγω (thélgō)to cast a spell upon
Bulgarian очаровам, омагьосвам
  • очаровам (očarovam)to attract and delight
  • омагьосвам (omagjosvam)to cast a spell upon
Dutch betoveren
  • betoverento cast a spell upon
Esperanto sorĉi
  • sorĉito cast a spell upon
Finnish lumota, tenhota
  • lumotato attract and delight
  • tenhotato attract and delight
  • kiehtoato attract and delight
  • noituato cast a spell upon
  • kirotato cast a spell upon
  • loitsiato cast a spell upon
  • loihtiato cast a spell upon
French enchanter, ensorceler
  • enchanterto attract and delight
  • ensorcelerto cast a spell upon
German verzaubern, verzaubern
  • verzaubernto attract and delight
  • verzaubernto cast a spell upon
Greek γοητεύω, γοητεύω
  • γοητεύω (goïtévo)to attract and delight
  • γοητεύω (goïtévo)to cast a spell upon
Hungarian varázsol
  • varázsolto cast a spell upon
Irish draíocht ar
  • draíocht arto cast a spell upon
Italian incantare
  • incantareto attract and delight
Latin fascino, fascino
  • fascinoto attract and delight
  • fascinoto cast a spell upon
  • incantoto cast a spell upon
Māori ātahu, ātahu
  • ātahuto attract and delight
  • ātahuto cast a spell upon
Norwegian Bokmål fortrylle, fortrylle
  • fortrylleto attract and delight
  • fortrylleto cast a spell upon
Polish oczarowywać, oczarować
  • oczarowywaćto attract and delight
  • oczarowaćto attract and delight
  • zauroczyćto attract and delight
  • zaczarowywaćto cast a spell upon
  • zaczarowaćto cast a spell upon
Portuguese encantar, encantar
  • encantarto attract and delight
  • encantarto cast a spell upon
Romanian fermeca, încânta
  • fermecato attract and delight
  • încântato attract and delight
  • fermecato cast a spell upon
Russian привлека́ть, озаря́ть
  • привлека́ть (privlekátʹ)to attract and delight
  • озаря́ть (ozarjátʹ)to attract and delight
  • восхищать (vosxiščatʹ)to attract and delight
  • очаровывать (očarovyvatʹ)to attract and delight
  • очаровать (očarovatʹ)to attract and delight
  • зачаро́вывать (začaróvyvatʹ)to cast a spell upon
  • зачарова́ть (začarovátʹ)to cast a spell upon
Scottish Gaelic cuir fo gheasaibh, ubagaich
  • cuir fo gheasaibhto cast a spell upon
  • ubagaichto cast a spell upon
Spanish encantar, embelesar
  • encantarto attract and delight
  • embelesarto attract and delight
  • obnubilarto attract and delight
  • embeleñarto attract and delight
  • dejar encantadoto attract and delight
  • encantarto cast a spell upon
  • hadarto cast a spell upon
Swedish charmera, förtrolla
  • charmerato attract and delight
  • förtrollato attract and delight
  • förtrollato cast a spell upon
Turkish büyülemek, büyülemek
  • büyülemekto attract and delight
  • büyülemekto cast a spell upon
  • büyü yapmakto cast a spell upon

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

enchant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enchant

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“enchant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enchant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enchant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enchant.

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