bewitchment

see definition of bewitchment

as inincantation

as inmagic
as innecromancy
as insorcery
as inspell
as inwitchcraft
as inprestidigitation
as inthaumaturgy
as intheurgy
as inglamour
as inhex

Word Origin & History

c.1200, biwicchen, from be- + Old English wiccian "to enchant, to practice witchcraft" (see witch). Literal at first, figurative sense of "to fascinate" is from 1520s. *Bewiccian may well have existed in Old English, but it is not attested. Related: Bewitched; bewitching; bewitchingly.