inchantment

Noun

enchantment (countable and uncountable, plural enchantments)

1. The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
   • I see now that it's all enchantment in this house; for the last time, on this very spot where I am now, I got ever so many thumps and thwacks without knowing who gave them to me, or being able to see anybody; and now this head is not to be seen anywhere about, though I saw it cut off with my own...1885, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, “Which Treats of the Heroic and Prodigious Battle Don Quixote had with Certain Skins of Red Wine, and Brings the Novel of ‘The Ill-advised Curiosity’ to a Close”...

   Synonyms:

   bewitchment, ensorcellment

2. Something that enchants; a magical spell.
   • Bodin, the medieval demonographer, enumerates various methods of producing anaphrodisiac effects by enchantments.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 89

   Synonyms:

   hex, incantation, spell, cantrip, chantment, charm, conjuration, craft, dwimmer, magic