ensorcell

Meaning

  1. (UK, transitive) To bewitch or enchant.
  2. (UK, figuratively, transitive) To captivate, entrance, or fascinate.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛnˈsɔːs(ə)l/
Etymology

From Old French ensorceler (“to cast a spell, enchant; to captivate”), a variant of ensorcerer, from en- (prefix meaning ‘caused’) + sorcier (“sorcerer”) (ultimately from Latin sors (“fate, lot; oracular response”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”)).

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