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очаро́вывать — meaning in English

ocharovyvat

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English meaning

  • beguile verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
  • captivate verb To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.
  • charm noun A quality that makes someone likeable, attractive, or persuasive.
  • fascinate verb To hold someone's intense interest or attraction.

Senses

очаро́вывать is used for these senses in English:

  • beguile (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
  • captivate (figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
  • charm To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
  • enrapture (transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
  • fascinate To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
  • fascinate To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.

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.

captivate — full definition

  1. verb To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.
  2. verb To capture or control (the mind, etc.); to subdue, to subjugate.
  3. verb To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.

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