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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪˈwɪt͡ʃt/
- Rhymes: -ɪtʃt
- Hyphenation: be‧witched
Adjective
bewitched (comparative more bewitched, superlative most bewitched)
- 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."
- (Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
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Verb
bewitched
- simple past and past participle of bewitch