MEANING
1. To place someone or something under a spell or magical influence in belief or fiction.
2. To fascinate or enchant through beauty, charm, or delight.
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Words that belong together
- bewitch a traveler
- a bewitched object
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The story claimed the song bewitched travelers before they saw the singer.
They suspected the object had been bewitched but could not agree on when it changed.
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Word forms
- Base
- bewitch
- Past tense
- bewitched
- Past participle
- bewitched
- Present participle
- bewitching
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- bewitch
- Present continuous
- am/is/are bewitching
- Present perfect
- have/has bewitched
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been bewitching
- Past
- bewitched
- Past continuous
- was/were bewitching
- Past perfect
- had bewitched
- Past perfect continuous
- had been bewitching
- Future
- will bewitch
- Future continuous
- will be bewitching
- Future perfect
- will have bewitched
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been bewitching
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: bewitch; bewitches; bewitched; bewitched; bewitching Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: bewitches.
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