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Webster 1913 Edition
Fascination
Fasˊci-na′tion
,Noun.
[L.
fascinatio
; cf. F. fascination
.] 1.
The act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence.
The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against
fascination
. Waller.
2.
The state or condition of being fascinated.
3.
That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.
There is a certain bewitchery or
fascination
in words. South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fascination
FASCINA'TION
,Noun.
The Turks hang old rags on their fairest horses, to secure them against fascination.
Definition 2024
fascination
fascination
English
Noun
fascination (countable and uncountable, plural fascinations)
- The act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter I:
- Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter I:
- The state or condition of being fascinated.
- That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.
Translations
the act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft
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the state or condition of being fascinated
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that which fascinates; a charm; a spell
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References
- ↑ "Fascination" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. 10. 1911.