betören — meaning in English

English meaning

• beguile verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
• dazzle verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.

Senses

betören is used for these senses in English:

• beguile (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
• dazzle (transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
• infatuate (transitive) To inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm.

beguile — full definition

1. verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
2. verb To charm, delight or captivate.
3. verb To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.

dazzle — full definition

1. verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.
2. verb To impress someone so much with skill, brilliance, or style that they can barely think straight.
3. noun Impressive, showy brilliance.

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