effascination

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin effascinatio.

Noun[edit]

effascination (countable and uncountable, plural effascinations)

  1. (obsolete) A charm; bewitchment or delusion.
    • 1637, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Procvs & Pvella”, in Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma’s, Selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c. [], London: [] R. O[ulton] for R. H[earne], and are to be sold by Thomas Slater [], →OCLC, page 23:
      If in myne eies there be effaſcination, / How comes it there is no ſuch alteration / In others I behold?
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Henry More to this entry?)

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