ensorcelled

Verb

ensorcell (third-person singular simple present ensorcells, present participle ensorcelling, simple past and past participle ensorcelled)

1. (UK, transitive) To bewitch or enchant.
   • Not any one of all theſe honord parts / Your Princely happes, and habites that do moue, / And as it vvere, enſorcell all the hearts / Of Chriſten kings to quarrell for your loue, […]1589, attributed to George Puttenham, “Of Figures Sententious, otherwise Called Rhetoricall”, in The Arte of English Poesie. […], London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC, 3rd booke (Of Ornament), page...

   Synonyms:

   enspell, hex, spellbind, bechat, becry, beglammer, bespell, bewitch, conjure, enchant

2. (UK, figuratively, transitive) To captivate, entrance, or fascinate.
   • [A] distinction is drawn between the man who speaks as a friend and the man who acts like one. Not only might someone fail to live up to his words in deed, but he may ‘ensorcell’ or ‘beguile’ (θέλγοι) a fellow drinker, leading him to believe in friendship that is not supported by his conduct.2013, Fiona Hobden, “Politics in Action”, in The Symposion in Ancient Greek Society and Thought, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 157

   Synonyms:

   enthrall, mesmerize, sirenize, allure, arrest, attract, becharm, beguile, bewitch, beckon