ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2023-09-14 11:55 pm

Word of the Day 09/14/23 Ensorcell

Ensorcell (verb)
ensorcell or en·sor·cel [ en-sawr-suhl ]


verb (used with object)
1. to bewitch: The beauty of the moon ensorcelled them.

OTHER WORDS FROM ENSORCELL
en·sor·cell·ment, noun

WORDS RELATED TO ENSORCELL
charm, decoy, conjure, enchant, ensorcel, mesmerize, spellbind

See synonyms for: ensorcell / ensorcelled on Thesaurus.com

ORIGIN: 1535–45; < Middle French ensorceler to bewitch, dissimilated variant of ensorcerer.See en-, sorcerer

HOW TO USE ENSORCELL IN A SENTENCE
Mrs. Phox ensorcelled George with her beautiful, silly phace, shadowed with vermeil tinct and trimly pencilled.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 107, OCTOBER 27TH, 1894 | VARIOUS

Then she said, 'O my betrothed, know me a sorceress ensorcelled; not that I seem, but that I shall be!
THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT, COMPLETE | GEORGE MEREDITH

He took most of his beautiful words from our old writers, and a few like ensorcelled 475 from previous translators.
THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON | THOMAS WRIGHT

Under it, like hills ensorcelled, the rocky walls about it seemed to flatten.
THE METAL MONSTER | A. MERRITT

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