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effascinate

effascinate verb: to charm; to bewitch.

Verb

effascinate (third-person singular simple present effascinates, present participle effascinating, simple past and past participle effascinated)

  1. (obsolete) To charm; to bewitch.
    • [they] were deluded, effascinated and befooled with his [Descartes'] jocular Subtilty and prestigious Abstractions there1681, Joseph Glanvill, Sadducismus Triumphatus

Synonyms of effascinate

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Forms of effascinate

third-person singular presenteffascinates
present participleeffascinating
past participleeffascinated
pasteffascinated

Origin of effascinate

Latin effascinare.

Questions about effascinate

What does effascinate mean?
Effascinate means to charm; to bewitch.
What part of speech is effascinate?
Effascinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of effascinate?
The past tense of effascinate is effascinated.

Words near effascinate in the dictionary

  1. effacers
  2. effaces
  3. effacest
  4. effaceth
  5. effacing
  6. effascinate
  7. effascinated
  8. effascinates
  9. effascinating
  10. effascination
  11. effascinations

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