ensorcell
13 synonyms for ensorcell, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To put a magic spell on someone.
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1. verb
To put a magic spell on someone.
“Manuel Mestre, for example, suspected Dias of ensorcelling people in the past. She had threatened his sister's children on several occasions.”
Etymology
Taken from Old French ensorceler ("to cast a spell, enchant; to captivate"), a variant of ensorcerer, formed from en- (a prefix meaning 'caused') and sorcier ("sorcerer"), which ultimately goes back to Latin sors ("fate, lot; oracular response"), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- ("to bind").
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