ensorcell

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɛnˈsɔːs(ə)l/|/ɪn-/    美 /ɛnˈsɔɹsəl/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To bewitch or enchant. UK,transitive
    — 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, […]
  2. To captivate, entrance, or fascinate. UK,figuratively,transitive
    — [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.

词形变化

ensorcells present,singular,third-person ensorcelling participle,present ensorcelled participle,past ensorcelled past ensorcel alternative sorcel alternative sorcell alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
ensorcelled ensorcelling ensorcellment

词源

From Old French ensorceler (“to cast a spell, enchant; to captivate”), a variant of ensorcerer, from en- (prefix meaning ‘caused’) + sorcier (“sorcerer”) (ultimately from Latin sors (“fate, lot; oracular response”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”)).
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