Be-wĭtch', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. BEWITCHED; p. pr. & vb. n. BEWITCHING.] [be and witch.]

Sense 1. To charm or fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance.

The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. Dryden.

Sense 2. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantation; to affect by witchcraft or sorcery.

*Look, how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak.*