bewitch

English

Etymology

From Middle English bewicchen, equivalent to be- +‎ witch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈwɪtʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Verb

bewitch (third-person singular simple present bewitches, present participle bewitching, simple past and past participle bewitched)

1. (transitive) To cast a spell upon.
2. (transitive) To fascinate or charm.

   I was bewitched by the sight of the girl dancing in the forest.

3. (transitive) To astonish, amaze. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• forspeak

Derived terms

• bewitchedness
• bewitcher
• bewitchery
• bewitchful
• bewitching
• bewitchingly
• bewitchingness
• bewitchment

 

Translations

to cast a spell

• Albanian: ysht (sq)
• Asturian: abruxar
• Azerbaijani: ovsunlamaq (az)
• Belarusian: зачаро́ўваць impf (začaróŭvacʹ), зачарава́ць pf (začaravácʹ)
• Bulgarian: омайвам (bg) (omajvam), омагьосвам (bg) (omagjosvam)
• Catalan: embruixar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 施魔法於, ^{(please verify)} 蠱惑

• Czech: očarovat pf, začarovat pf, uhranout (cs) pf, zaklít (cs) pf, okouzlit pf, učarovat pf
• Dutch: betoveren (nl)
• Esperanto: sorĉi
• Finnish: noitua (fi)
• French: ensorceler (fr), envoûter (fr)
• Galician: enfeitizar, enmeigar
• German: verhexen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βασκαίνω (baskaínō)

• Interlingue: insorciar
• Latin: fascino, effascino, incanto
• Low German:

  German Low German: betövern, vertövern

• Maori: mākutu, whaiwhaiā, whaiā, whitihoro

• Norman: enchorchéler, entchéthaûder
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forhekse

  Nynorsk: forhekse

• Polish: czarować (pl)
• Portuguese: enfeitiçar (pt)
• Quechua: layqay
• Romanian: vrăji (ro), fermeca (ro), fascina (ro)
• Russian: околдо́вывать (ru) impf (okoldóvyvatʹ), околдова́ть (ru) pf (okoldovátʹ), зачаро́вывать (ru) impf (začaróvyvatʹ), зачарова́ть (ru) pf (začarovátʹ)
• Scots: witch, forspeak, vaum, hex, glamour, beglamour, blink
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зачарати, уклети

  Roman: začarati (sh), ukleti (sh)

• Spanish: hechizar (es)
• Swahili: roga (sw)
• Turkish: büyülemek (tr), büyü yapmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: зачаровува́ти impf (začarovuváty), зачарува́ти pf (začaruváty)
• Volapük: bemagivön (vo)
• ǃXóõ: gǁxài

fascinate, charm

• Galician: enfeitizar
• Greek:

  Ancient: κηλέω (kēléō)

• Interlingue: fascinar
• Southern Ohlone: aami