encharm, v.
(ɛnˈtʃɑːm)
Also 7 incharm.
[a. OF. encharme-r, f. en in + charme charm n.1]
trans. To throw a charm or spell over; to enchant.
| 1480 Caxton Ovid's Met. xiv. i, She..encharmed them [the herbes] with sorrowful and hevy charmes. 1497 Bp. Alcock Mons Perfect. B iij, This wylde beste must be encharmed w{supt} y⊇ scripture of god. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. iv. 206 Rowena..saluted the King with a cup of gold full of sweet Wine, incharming it with these words. 1890 M. W. Hungerford Life's Remorse I. xv. 200 Such a knowledge of horseflesh as should encharm the soul of any Irishman. 1905 W. Holman Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. xiii. 358 [Christ]..encharming the simple by His love and lovableness. |