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enthrall

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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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Verb1.enthrallenthrall - hold spellbound
delight, please - give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"

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Others more milde, Retreated in a silent valley, sing With notes Angelical to many a Harp Thir own Heroic deeds and hapless fall By doom of Battel; and complain that Fate Free Vertue should enthrall to Force or Chance.
I dared not pause to look on her as I had on her sister, lest once more I should begin to be enthrall.
 
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