Vocabulary Word
Word: bewitch
Definition: cast a spell over; captivate completely
Definition: cast a spell over; captivate completely
Sentences Containing 'bewitch'
The moment the housekeeper saw them she turned about and ran out of the room, and came back immediately with a saucer of holy water and a sprinkler, saying, "Here, your worship, senor licentiate, sprinkle this room; don't leave any magician of the many there are in these books to bewitch us in revenge for our design of banishing them from the world."
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