Enchantment Meaning
/ɪnˈt͡ʃænt.mənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
nounSomething that enchants; a magical spell.
Sentence Examples
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The queen broke the evil ____ by kissing the sleeping prince gently.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old castle seemed to be under a spell of ancient ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English enchauntement, from Old French enchantement.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 eyes and the blood running from the body as if from a fountain."
— 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”, in John Ormsby, transl., The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha […] In Four Vols, volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co. […], →OCLC, part I, page 175:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The queen broke the evil ____ by kissing the sleeping prince gently.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old castle seemed to be under a spell of ancient ____.