Definition of Fascinate
Fascinate
fas·ci·nate
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to attract and hold the interest or attention, or to seem too attractive to resist;
e.g. Airplanes fascinate her and they have since she was a young child.
(verb)
to affect or influence someone by or as if by a spell or some other power;
e.g. The witch tried to fascinate them to follow her into the forest.
(verb)
in old usage, to deprive someone of their ability to escape or resist something using the power of a gaze, especially when a snake does this to its prey;
e.g. This legendary monster was believed to fascinate its prey before devouring them.
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