bewitched; bewitching; bewitches
1
a
: to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
b
: to cast a spell over
: to bewitch someone or something
be·witch·ery
bi-ˈwi-ch(ə-)rē 
bē-
plural -es
: bewitchment sense 1
a great bewitchery in the idea—
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel HawthorneExamples of bewitch in a Sentence
Verb
People believed the girls had been bewitched.
a Wiccan who believes that it is indeed possible to bewitch someone
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
That bewitching feeling became his North Star for storytelling.
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But five-piece Lelek, adorned with markings historically designed to fend off threats from the Ottoman Empire, still make for a formidable, imposing, and curiously bewitching presence.
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What, exactly, is so bewitching about padel?
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Verb
But to do so would be to miss out on the truly bewitching local neighborhood.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
That bewitching feeling became his North Star for storytelling.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 May 2026
But five-piece Lelek, adorned with markings historically designed to fend off threats from the Ottoman Empire, still make for a formidable, imposing, and curiously bewitching presence.
—Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 11 May 2026
What, exactly, is so bewitching about padel?
—Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 9 May 2026
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“Bewitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewitch. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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bewitch
verb
be·witch
bi-ˈwich
1
: to put under a spell
2
: to attract or delight as if by magic
bewitchment
noun
-mənt
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