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fas·ci·nate

Audio Help [fas-uh-neyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.

2.	to arouse the interest or curiosity of; allure.

3.	to transfix or deprive of the power of resistance, as through terror: The sight of the snake fascinated the rabbit.

4.	Obsolete. to bewitch.

5.	Obsolete. to cast under a spell by a look.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to capture the interest or hold the attention.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L fascinātus, ptp. of fascināre to bewitch, cast a spell on, v. deriv. of fascinum evil spell, bewitchment

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—Related forms

fas·ci·nat·ed·ly, adverb

fas·ci·na·tive, adjective

—Synonyms 1. bewitch, enchant, spellbind, charm.

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fas·ci·nate Audio Help   (fās'ə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   fas·ci·nat·ed, fas·ci·nat·ing, fas·ci·nates

v.   tr.

To hold an intense interest or attraction for. See Synonyms at charm.
To hold motionless; spellbind.
Obsolete To bewitch.

v. intr.
To be irresistibly charming or attractive.

[Latin fascināre, fascināt-, to cast a spell on, from fascinum, an evil spell, a phallic-shaped amulet.]

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