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Enthrallment

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en·thrall  (n-thrôl)
tr.v. en·thralled, en·thrall·ing, en·thralls
1. To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience.
2. To enslave.
[Middle English, to put in bondage : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + thrall, slave; see thrall.]
en·thralling·ly adv.
en·thrallment n.
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Noun1.enthrallment - a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
enchantment, fascination, captivation
liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
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Other images on display include a gangrenous foot, a junkie giving birth to a deformed baby, and a girl who moves from fresh-faced enthusiasm to sunken-cheeked enthrallment in a series of tableaux.
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All writers know that state of enthrallment, and to a greater or lesser degree will exploit people in order to bring it to the page.
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The novel is set in Italy, and while it seems initially to mock the two Futurists after her break with them, it also enacts Loy's enthrallment with them.
Eugenicist mistress & ethnic mother: Mina Loy and futurism, 1913-1917 by Pozorski, Aimee L. / MELUS
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