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• ENCHANTRESS
  A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.
• ENCHANT
  magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + 1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that
• ENCHANTMENT
  1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak. 2. The
• ENCHANTED
  Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.
• ENCHANTING
  Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- En*chant"ing*ly, adv.
• ENCHANTER
  One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley. Enchanter's nightshade , a genus of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.
• INTRENCHANT
  Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. Shak.
• TRENCHANT
  1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " Trenchant was the blade." Chaucer. 2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
• TRENCHANTLY
  In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.
• DISENCHANT
  To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.
• PENCHANT
  Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
• DISENCHANTER
  One who, or that which, disenchants.
• DISENCHANTMENT
  The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.