charm
/t͡ʃɑɹm/ verb C2- To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something. · He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.
- To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on. · After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed.
- To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences. · She led a charmed life.
- To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
He/she/it charms · Past charmed · Past participle charmed · -ing form charming
Verb forms
- Base form
- charm
- He/she/it
- charms
- Past
- charmed
- Past participle
- charmed
- -ing form
- charming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“The Witch of the East was proud of those silver shoes,” said one of the Munchkins, “and there is some charm connected with them; but what it is we never knew.”
“I have wasted the charm of the Golden Cap to no purpose,” she said, “for the Winged Monkeys cannot help me.”
This Golden Cap had a charm.
Twice already the Wicked Witch had used the charm of the Cap.
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