betören — meaning in English

English meaning

• beguile verb To trick someone cleverly, using charm or cunning.
• 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 trick someone cleverly, using charm or cunning.
2. verb To attract and delight someone completely.
3. verb To make time seem to go by fast through an enjoyable distraction.

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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