enchanting
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æntɪŋ, -ɑːntɪŋ
Verb[edit]
enchanting
- present participle and gerund of enchant
Adjective[edit]
enchanting (comparative more enchanting, superlative most enchanting)
- Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
- 2012, “Shango”, performed by Lord Nelson:
- Hearing voices calling, I look down and see a crowd
Drumming and they chanting in a different tongue
Music so enchanting I had to go down
Watching what they doing, trying to understand
- 2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian[1]:
- "Fairytale" is an over-used word in football but there is certainly something enchanting about the Lambert story, rejected as a teenager at Liverpool and then playing at, among others, Blackpool, Rochdale, Stockport and Bristol Rovers.
Translations[edit]
having the ability to enchant
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Noun[edit]
enchanting (plural enchantings)
- An act of enchantment.
- 1841, Alfred Beesley, The History of Banbury, page 256:
- […] by which the truth of the matter may the better be known of all felonies, murders, poisonings, enchantings, sorceries, magical arts, transgressions, […]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
enchanting
- Alternative form of enchauntynge
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