Definition of Spellbind

1. Verb. To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"

Exact synonyms: Fascinate, Grip, Transfix
Generic synonyms: Interest
Derivative terms: Fascination, Fascination, Grip, Spellbinder

2. Verb. Attract strongly, as if with a magnet. "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
Exact synonyms: Bewitch, Magnetise, Magnetize, Mesmerise, Mesmerize
Generic synonyms: Charm, Influence, Tempt
Derivative terms: Magnet, Magnetization, Spellbinder

3. Verb. Put into a trance. "The performance is likely to Spellbind Sue"
Exact synonyms: Entrance
Generic synonyms: Hypnotise, Hypnotize, Mesmerise, Mesmerize
Derivative terms: Entrancement, Spellbinder

Definition of Spellbind

1. v. t. To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign.

Definition of Spellbind

1. Verb. To attract one's attention as if by a magic spell. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spellbind

1. [v -BOUND, -BINDING, -BINDS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spellbind

spell-check
spell-checker
spell-off
spell-offs
spell-work
spell check
spell checker
spell checkers
spell off
spell offs
spell out
spell work
spellable
spellathon
spellathons
spellbind
spellbinder
spellbinders
spellbinding
spellbindingly
spellbinds
spellbook
spellbooks
spellbound
spellcaster
spellcasters
spellcheck
spellchecked
spellchecker
spellcheckers

Literary usage of Spellbind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Could you ever spellbind man into a Scholar merely, so that he had nothing to discover, to correct; could you ever establish a Theory of the Universe that ..."

2. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"... Odin is represented as boasting the magic power of the Runic rhymes to heal diseases and counteract poison ; to spellbind the arms of an enemy ; to lull ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"•pell, п.: round, period, turn. •pell, п.: ft. spell, 1.1.: relieve. •pell, vt: bewitch. spellbind: bewitch. spellbound: bewitched, ..."

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