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be⋅witch

  [bi-wich]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over.
2. to enchant; charm; fascinate.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME biwicchen. See be-, witch

Related forms:
be⋅witch⋅er, noun
be⋅witch⋅er⋅y, noun
be⋅witch⋅ing⋅ness, noun
be⋅witch⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
2. captivate, enrapture, transport.
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be·witch   (bĭ-wĭch')   
tr.v.   be·witched, be·witch·ing, be·witch·es

  1. To place under one's power by or as if by magic; cast a spell over.

  2. To captivate completely; entrance. See Synonyms at charm.


[Middle English biwicchen : probably bi-, be- + wicchen (from Old English wiccian, from wicce, witch, or wicca, sorcerer); see weg- in Indo-European roots.]
be·witch'er n., be·witch'er·y n., be·witch'ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

bewitch 
c.1205, biwicchen, from be- + O.E. wiccian "to enchant." Literal at first, figurative sense of "to fascinate" is from 1526. *Bewiccian may well have existed in O.E., but it is not attested.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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