enchanting

enchanting
    adj 1: capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile";
           "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting
           music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of
           entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn:
           {bewitching}, {captivating}, {enchanting}, {enthralling},
           {entrancing}, {fascinating}]
    

Enchanting \En*chant"ing\, a.
   Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. --
   {En*chant"ing*ly}, adv.
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Enchant \En*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enchanted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Enchanting}.] [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or
   utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in,
   against + cantare to sing. See {Chant}, and cf.
   {Incantation}.]
   1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get
      control of by magical words and rites.
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            And now about the caldron sing,
            Like elves and fairies in a ring,
            Enchanting all that you put in.       --Shak.
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            He is enchanted, cannot speak.        --Tennyson.
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   2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as,
      music enchants the ear.
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            Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits
            forever should be enchanted.          --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

   Syn: To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. {Charm}.
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96 Moby Thesaurus words for "enchanting":
      Circean, absorbing, alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting,
      attractive, authoritative, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing,
      cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing,
      come-hither, consequential, consuming, coquettish, delectable,
      delightful, effective, effectual, efficacious, engaging,
      engrossing, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing,
      estimable, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching,
      flirtatious, glamorous, gripping, heart-robbing, holding, hypnotic,
      illusionary, illusive, illusory, important, influential,
      interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious,
      magnetic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, momentous, mouth-watering,
      obsessing, obsessive, personable, persuasive, piquant, pleasing,
      potent, powerful, prepossessing, prestigious, provocative,
      provoquant, ravishing, reputable, seducing, seductive, sensuous,
      siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, strong, suasive,
      substantial, taking, tantalizing, teasing, telling, tickling,
      titillating, titillative, voluptuous, weighty, winning, winsome,
      witching