bewitch

English

Etymology

From Middle English bewicchen, equivalent to be- +‎ witch.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪˈwɪtʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Verb

bewitch (third-person singular simple present bewitches, present participle bewitching, simple past and past participle bewitched)

1. to cast a spell on someone or something
2. to astonish or amaze

Synonyms

• forspeak

Derived terms

• bewitchedness
• bewitcher
• bewitchery
• bewitchful
• bewitching
• bewitchingness
• bewitchment

Translations

to cast a spell

• Asturian: abruxar (ast)
• Azeri: ovsunlamaq (az)
• Bulgarian: омайвам (bg) (omajvam), омагьосвам (bg) (omag'osvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 施魔法于 (cmn)

• Esperanto: sorĉi (eo)
• Finnish: noitua (fi)
• French: ensorceler (fr), envoûter (fr)
• German: verhexen (de)
• Jèrriais: enchorchéler, entchéthaûder

• Latin: fascino (la), effascino (la)
• Maori: mākutu (mi)
• Romanian: vrăji (ro), fermeca (ro), fascina (ro)
• Russian: околдовывать (ru) (okoldóvyvat') impf., околдовать (ru) (okoldovát') pf., зачаровывать (ru) (začaróvyvat') impf., зачаровать (ru) (začarovát') pf.
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зачарати (sh), уклети (sh)

  Roman: začarati (sh), ukleti (sh)

• Swahili: roga (sw)
• Turkish: büyülemek (tr), büyü yapmak (tr)
• Volapük: bemagivön (vo)