English to English
verb
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
The snake charmer fascinates the cobra.
source: WordNet 3.0
- attract strongly, as if with a magnet
She magnetized the audience with her tricks.
source: WordNet 3.0
- put into a trance
source: WordNet 3.0
- To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign.
source: Webster 1913