| VERB | emotion | spellbind, fascinate, transfix, grip | to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe |
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| communication | spellbind, magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch | attract strongly, as if with a magnet | |
| body | spellbind, entrance | put into a trance |
| Meaning | To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | fascinate, transfix, grip | |
| Broader | interest | excite the curiosity of |
| Spanish | aferrar, atrapar, cautivar, encantar, fascinar, hechizar, inmovilizar | |
| Catalan | aferrar, atrapar, captivar, embruixar, encantar, encisar, fascinar | |
| Nouns | spellbinder | an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound |
| Meaning | attract strongly, as if with a magnet. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch | |
| Broader | charm, influence, tempt | induce into action by using one's charm |
| Spanish | embriagar, embrujar, encantar, fascinar, hechizar, hipnotizar, llevar, magnetizar | |
| Catalan | embruixar, encantar, encisar, fascinar, hipnotitzar, magnetitzar | |
| Nouns | spellbinder | an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound |
| Meaning | put into a trance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to spellbind Sue | |
| Synonym | entrance | |
| Broader | hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise | induce hypnosis in |
| Nouns | spellbinder | an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound |
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