bewitched

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈwɪt͡ʃt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtʃt
  • Hyphenation: be‧witched

Adjective

bewitched (comparative more bewitched, superlative most bewitched)

  1. Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 157:
      "I have heard my grandmother tell that story, and she used also to tell another about a mill-goblin somewhere up in the country, where no one could get anything ground at the mill, it was so bewitched."
  2. (Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.

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Verb

bewitched

  1. simple past and past participle of bewitch