[v] hold spellbound
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delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, ravish, transport
disenchant, disillusion
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absorb, absorb the attention, arrest, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, carry away, cast a spell, catch, catch up, charm, delectate, delight, deprive of freedom, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, enchant, engage, engage the attention, engage the
\En*thrall"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + thrall. Cf. {Inthrall}.] [Written also {enthral}.] To hold in thrall; to enslave. See {Inthrall}. The bars survive the captive they enthrall. --Byron.