spellbind

tr.v., -bound (-bound'), -bind·ing, -binds.
To hold under or as if under a spell; enchant or fascinate.

[Back-formation from SPELLBOUND.]

spellbindingly spell'bind'ing·ly adv.

verb

1. To act upon with or as if with magic: bewitch, charm, enchant, enthrall, entrance², spell², voodoo, witch. See persuasion/dissuasion.
2. To compel, as the attention, interest, or imagination, of: arrest, catch up, enthrall, fascinate, grip, hold, mesmerize, rivet, transfix. Slang grab. See excite/bore/interest.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
  Synonyms: fascinate, transfix, grip

Meaning #2: attract strongly, as if with a magnet
  Synonyms: magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch

Meaning #3: put into a trance
  Synonym: entrance

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - holde tryllebunden, fængsle, holde i ånde

Nederlands (Dutch)
boeien, fascineren, biologeren

Français (French)
v. tr. - envoûter, faire un discours charismatique

Deutsch (German)
v. - bezaubern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γοητεύω, μαγεύω, αφήνω άναυδο

Italiano (Italian)
affascinare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - encantar, enfeitiçar, fascinar

Русский (Russian)
очаровывать, завораживать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - hechizar, encantar, fascinar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fascinera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
用妖术迷惑, 迷住

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 用妖術迷惑, 迷住

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 주문을 걸다, 마법을 걸다, 호리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 呪文で縛る, 魅する, 魅惑する, 魅了する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) (خطيب) يسحر سامعيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ריתק, הקסים‬

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