Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spellbound"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spellbind \Spell"bind`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spellbound}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Spellbinding}.]
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. -- {Spell"bind`er}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spellbound \Spell"bound`\, a.
Bound by, or as by, a spell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spellbound
adj : having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: {fascinated},
{hypnotized}, {hypnotised}, {mesmerized}, {mesmerised},
{transfixed}]
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