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charm'd

charm'd is the simple past and past participle of charm.

Meaning of charm

Verb

charm (third-person singular simple present charms, present participle charming, simple past and past participle charmed)

  1. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
    • He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
  2. (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.
    • After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
  3. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
    • She led a charmed life.
  4. (obsolete, rare) To make music upon.
    • But ah my corage cooles ere it be warme, / For thy, content vs in thys humble ſhade: / Where no ſuch troublous tydes han vs aſſayde, / Here we our ſlender pipes may ſafely charme.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “October. Ægloga Decima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 42, recto
  5. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
    • Music the fierceſt griefs can charm, / And fate's ſevereſt rage diſarm: […]1687 (date written), Alexander Pope, “Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia’s Day”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], →OCLC, canto VII, page...

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Questions about charm'd

What is charm'd the simple past and past participle of?
Charm'd is the simple past and past participle of charm.

Words near charm'd in the dictionary

  1. charm schools
  2. charm the birds from the trees
  3. charm the birds out of the trees
  4. charm up
  5. charm work
  6. charm'd
  7. charm-work
  8. charmable
  9. Charmaine
  10. charman
  11. Charmant

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