spell·bound

[spel-bound]
adjective
bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.

Origin:
1790–1800; spell2 + -bound1

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spell·bind

[spel-bahynd]
verb (used with object), spell·bound, spell·bind·ing.
to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.

Origin:
1800–10; spell2 + bind, deduced from spellbound

spell·bind·ing·ly, adverb
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spellbind (ˈspɛlˌbaɪnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb , -binds, -binding, -bound
(tr) to cause to be spellbound; entrance or enthral

spellbound (ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
having one's attention held as though one is bound by a spell: a spellbound audience

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Example sentences
Yet she brings it home and the fee is much newer than some the people spellbound.
Many visitors have been spellbound while watching the daily activities of the
  wildlife.
But even those who did not were held spellbound by the swinging sonorous
  cadence.
His steady voice holds listeners spellbound and waiting for what will happen
  next.
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