Word a Day
bewitch
What does bewitch mean?
bewitch (verb): to fascinate or charm.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use bewitch in a sentence?
- I was bewitched by the sight of the girl dancing in the forest. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce bewitch?
/bɪˈwɪtʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does bewitch come from?
From Middle English bewicchen, bewycchen, biwicchen, equivalent to be- + witch.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of bewitch?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “bewitch”?
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What does “bewitch” mean?
to go back over again
Not quite: that's what retrace means.
alight from (a horse)
Not quite: that's what dismount means.
to fascinate or charm
Right! That's what “bewitch” means.
cause to run in panic
Not quite: that's what stampede means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “bewitch”?
concede
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abolish
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charm
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shuffle
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