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fas⋅ci⋅nate

  [fas-uh-neyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
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–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

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   (fās'ə-nāt')   
v.   fas·ci·nat·ed, fas·ci·nat·ing, fas·ci·nates

v.   tr.
  1. To hold an intense interest or attraction for. See Synonyms at charm.
  2. To hold motionless; spellbind.
  3. 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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