Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lucky as if protected by a charm or spell.
- adjective Physics Having nonzero charm. Used of particles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
captivated . - adjective filled with wonder and delight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Bewitched, under a magic
spell (cast by acharm ). - adjective
impressed - adjective physics Having
nonzero charm . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
charm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective strongly attracted
- adjective filled with wonder and delight
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Examples
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It was for Beatrice that this man vexed his spirit with immortal effort and raised a Titan voice which yet is heard in charmed echoes.
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Her expression charmed me, and I took the liberty of asking her if she were a Russian.
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Her expression charmed me, and I took the liberty of asking her if she were a Russian.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 25: Russia and Poland Giacomo Casanova 1761
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Her expression charmed me, and I took the liberty of asking her if she were a Russian.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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Unless the Direct proposal is "charmed" -- doubtful -- there will be developmental issues.
Proponents of DIRECT Offer Rebuttal to NASA's Analysis - NASA Watch 2009
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In Le gageur de trois commeres, a story taken from Bocaccio, a valet, who wishes to inspire in the husband the belief that a pear tree in their yard is 'charmed' - that is, that certain visions occur under it - in order to make love to the wife under the pear tree at his ease, with the husband looking on, thinking that he is not seeing what he is seeing.
Limited, Inc. 2010
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Redford's career has been called charmed, and Pollack has said he has a really "smart nose."
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How first he saw that form endearing, how sorrow seemed to part, how look, form, word charmed him Gould Lidwell, won
Ulysses 2003
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Near to it stood a large ancient beech-tree, known as the charmed tree of Bourlemont, supposed to be a favourite haunt of elves.
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How first he saw that form endearing, how sorrow seemed to part, how look, form, word charmed him Gould Lidwell, won Pat Bloom's heart.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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