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verb

Fascinate v. t. (past & past part. fascinated; pres. part. fascinating)

To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. "It has been almost universally believed that... serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain."

To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms. "There be none of the passions that have been noted to fascinate or bewitch but love and envy."

Synonyms: To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch; attract.

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Etymology of 'Fascinate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fascinate" Quotes from Famous Books

... dream of in this world? Those exciting pictures of country life, so free from fears and troubles, the ocean of happy days that glitters incessantly before all young imaginations, are real allurements wherewith to fascinate a poor, unhappy prisoner, worn out by prison cares, emaciated by the stifling air of the Bastile. It was the picture, it will be remembered, drawn by Aramis, when he offered the thousand pistoles ...

— The Man in the Iron Mask • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... to have repelled the populace, attracted them irresistibly. The young, the brave, and the wealthy, in the full flower of their strength, abandoned at its call the religion of life and yoked themselves to that of death. It seemed to fascinate them. After conversion they despised all human passions and emotions, and when persecuted and hunted down they took their revenge by expressing profoundest pity for those who were powerless to accomplish the act of sacrifice which had brought them ...

— Modern Saints and Seers • Jean Finot

... appearance of so many different animals in this stele and in others of the same nature, has been given by Maspero, Etudes de Mythologie et d'Archeologie Egyptiennes, vol. ii. pp. 417- 419; they were all supposed to possess the evil eye and to be able to fascinate ...

— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) • G. Maspero

... that delight and fascinate the wide awake girls of the present day who are between the ages of eight and fourteen years. The great author of these books regards them as the best products of her pen. Printed from large clear type on a superior quality of paper; attractive multi-color jacket wrapper ...

— Boy Scouts in the North Sea - The Mystery of a Sub • G. Harvey Ralphson

... for some time with an expression which the young man took for doubt, but which, however, was nothing but observation, or rather the wish to fascinate. ...

— The Three Musketeers • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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