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bewitched

adjective
be·​witched | \ bi-ˈwicht How to pronounce bewitched (audio) , bÄ“-\

Definition of bewitched

: controlled or affected by or as if by a magic spell … as if he were not my great-grandfather at all but some mournful, bewitched old huntsman from a storybook, tongue-tied by the bad fairy, unable to speak.— Donna Tartt As though the ship were bewitched, from the moment they left Saybrook everything went wrong.— Elizabeth George Speare : influenced, attracted, or charmed as if by magic was bewitched by her beauty Until his death at 36, Byron continued a course of sybaritic abandon, traveling with an entourage bewitched by his escapades and terrified by his mood swings and violent temper.— Kathryn Harrison
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 At the opening of Act II, set in the bewitched castle of the sorcerer Klingsor, Mr. Nézet-Séguin tore into the heaving music with searing fervor. — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, "Review: A Conductor Delivers a Magnificent ‘Parsifal’ at the Met," 6 Feb. 2018

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First Known Use of bewitched

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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