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enchaunt

enchaunt is the obsolete form of enchant.

Meaning of enchant

Verb

enchant (third-person singular simple present enchants, present participle enchanting, simple past and past participle enchanted)

  1. To attract and delight, to charm.
    • New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of...2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012
  2. To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).
    • With the aid of his eponymous pipes, a satyr is capable of weaving a wide variety of melodic spells designed to enchant others and bring them in line with his capricious desires.2009, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary, Paizo Publishing, →ISBN, page 241
  3. (roleplaying games) To magically enhance or degrade an item.

See all 4 meanings of enchant

Forms of enchaunt

third-person singular presentenchaunts
present participleenchaunting
past participleenchaunted
pastenchaunted

Questions about enchaunt

What is enchaunt the obsolete form of?
Enchaunt is the obsolete form of enchant.

Words near enchaunt in the dictionary

  1. enchasing
  2. enchasten
  3. enchastened
  4. enchastening
  5. enchastens
  6. enchaunt
  7. enchaunted
  8. enchaunter
  9. enchaunters
  10. enchaunting
  11. enchauntment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enchaunt (page history and authors); enchant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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