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spell·bound
/
ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd
/
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[
spel
-bound
]
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adjective
bound by or as if by a
spell
; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated:
a spellbound audience.
Origin:
1790–1800;
spell
2
+
-bound
1
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spell·bind
/
ˈspɛlˌbaɪnd
/
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[
spel
-bahynd
]
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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;
spell
2
+
bind
, deduced from
spellbound
Related forms
spell·bind·ing·ly,
adverb
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World English Dictionary
spellbind
(ˈspɛlˌbaɪnd)
—
vb
,
-binds
,
-binding
,
-bound
(
tr
) to cause to be spellbound; entrance or enthral
spellbound
(ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd)
—
adj
having one's attention held as though one is bound by a spell:
a spellbound audience
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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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.
Even aged and nearly mute, pop's great bombshell could hold an audience
spellbound
.
They want to be
spellbound
, and literature can provide such seduction.
Kayakers sit
spellbound
, the world's only witnesses to orcas slicing still ocean waters.
He can spin a tale, keep the poem going through countless twists and turns of the plot, and hold us
spellbound
.
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