Слово англійською: charm
Дієслово
Переклад charm українською: вабити, зачарува́ти (чолові́ка), полони́ти, заклинати, замовляти, зачаклувати
Детальний опис
- [transitive, intransitive] to please or attract somebody in order to make them like you or do what you want
- charm (somebody) He was charmed by her beauty and wit.
- Her words had lost their power to charm.
- charm somebody into (doing) something He charmed his mother into letting him have his own way.
- [transitive] charm somebody/something to control or protect somebody/something using magic, or as if using magic
- He has led a charmed life (= he has been lucky even in dangerous or difficult situations).
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘incantation or magic spell’ and ‘to use spells’): from Old French charme (noun), charmer (verb), from Latin carmen ‘song, verse, incantation’.
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