MEANING
To put someone or something under an enchantment.
Use it for
magical seduction; bewitched objects; supernatural controlUse sparingly when an elevated narrative voice suits deliberate enchantment.
Words that belong together
- ensorcell a prince
- ensorcelled mirror
- ensorcell with a song
On the page
The singer hoped to ensorcell the sentries before sunrise.
An ensorcelled comb lay among the princess's ordinary possessions.
No charm could ensorcell a creature that had forgotten its own name.
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Word forms
- Base
- ensorcell / ensorcells
- Past tense
- ensorcelled
- Past participle
- ensorcelled
- Present participle
- ensorcelling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- ensorcell / ensorcells
- Present continuous
- am/is/are ensorcelling
- Present perfect
- have/has ensorcelled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been ensorcelling
- Past
- ensorcelled
- Past continuous
- was/were ensorcelling
- Past perfect
- had ensorcelled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been ensorcelling
- Future
- will ensorcell / ensorcells
- Future continuous
- will be ensorcelling
- Future perfect
- will have ensorcelled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been ensorcelling
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Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Rare literary transitive verb; unlike simple persuasion, its literal sense implies a magical influence. Verb [base, third-person singular, past, past participle, -ing]: ensorcell, ensorcells, ensorcelled, ensorcelled, ensorcelling. Variant base/third: ensorcel, ensorcels. Accepted alternate past/past participle: ensorceled; alternate -ing: ensorceling. Keep the primary five-form array consistently doubled-l.
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