bewitched; bewitching; bewitches
1
a
: to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
b
: to cast a spell over
: to bewitch someone or something
Examples of bewitch in a Sentence
People believed the girls had been bewitched.
a Wiccan who believes that it is indeed possible to bewitch someone
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Robert Eggers’s gothic remake is coming to the streamer after a bewitching theatrical run.
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
Du Maurier makes good use of many of the usual tropes of the Gothic genre, especially uncanny doubling: Relentlessly and unfavorably compared to the Manderley estate’s bewitching former mistress, the nameless narrator is pushed to the brink of sanity by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.
—M.l. Rio, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The black comedy’s 2018 predecessor stars Kendrick as a widowed mommy vlogger who becomes bewitched by the chic and mysterious Emily, another mother at their kids’ school.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Greenland, an icy land whose rugged landscapes are bewitching, wants to attract more tourists, a paradox for a territory that is particularly vulnerable to global warming and whose geographical isolation means that many people have to take planes to get there.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
Du Maurier makes good use of many of the usual tropes of the Gothic genre, especially uncanny doubling: Relentlessly and unfavorably compared to the Manderley estate’s bewitching former mistress, the nameless narrator is pushed to the brink of sanity by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.
—M.l. Rio, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The black comedy’s 2018 predecessor stars Kendrick as a widowed mommy vlogger who becomes bewitched by the chic and mysterious Emily, another mother at their kids’ school.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Greenland, an icy land whose rugged landscapes are bewitching, wants to attract more tourists, a paradox for a territory that is particularly vulnerable to global warming and whose geographical isolation means that many people have to take planes to get there.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Bewitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewitch. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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bewitch
verb
be·witch
bi-ˈwich 
1
: to put under a spell
2
: to attract or delight as if by magic
bewitchment
noun
-mənt
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