Bewitchment

Definition: Bewitchment

Bewitchment

Noun

1. A magical spell.

Date "bewitchment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1608. (references)

Synonym: Bewitchment

Synonym: enchantment (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Motive	Inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation, allective; temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

"Bewitchment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bewitchment" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	13	97,576

Language		Translations for "bewitchment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		magji (black magic, cantrip, conjuration, enchantment, glamor, glamour, hex, incantation, magic, medicine, necromancy, pishogue, sorcery, spell, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry), magjepsje (charm, diabolism, enchantment, fascination, glamor, glamour, mystique, rapture, ravishment, witchery), joshë (allure, appeal, charm, glamor, glamour, lure, pull, smell). (various references)

Arabic		‏سحر (attractiveness, bedevil, bewitch, catch, charm, conjure, diablerie, enamor, enamour, enchantment, fascinate, fascination, glamor, glamour, incantation, infatuation, loveliness, magic, magnetize, matinee, mesmerize, necromancy, overlook, pleasantness, prestige, quaintness, ravishment, relish, smite, sorcery, spell, spellbind, temptation, weirdness, witch, witchcraft, witchery, wiz, wizardry, zest). (various references)

Bulgarian		чар (allure, allurement, attraction, charm, enticement, fascination, glamor, glamour, loveliness, lure, magic, magnetism, spell, wizardry), магия (black art, cantrip, charm, conjuration, enchantment, hex, magic, necromancy, obi, theurgy, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry). (various references)

Czech		okouzlení (enchantment, fascination). (various references)

French		charme (hard beam, white beech). (various references)

German		Zauberei (conjuring trick, magic, necromancy, sorcery, witchcraft, wizardry). (various references)

Greek		γοητεία (allurement, charm, fascination, mesmerism, mystique, sorcery, spell, witchery), μαγεία (fascination, magic, mystique, obi, philtre, sorcery, theurgy, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry). (various references)

Hungarian		elbûvölés. (various references)

Pig Latin		ewitchmentbay

Portuguese		bruxaria (diablerie, diabolism, magic, pishogue, sorcery, spell, witchcraft, wizardry, wonder), feitiço (Abracadabra, charm, conjuration, enchantment, fetishist, hexagon, incantation, juju, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery), feitiçaria (diabolism, medicine, pisiform, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry), encanto (allurement, amenity, appeal, attraction, beauty, charm, delectation, delight, dribblet, enchantment, endeavor, enticement, grace, loveliness, medicine, niceness, pleasantry, prettiness, rapture, ravishment, relish, seduction, sorcery, spell, style, witchcraft, witchery). (various references)

Russian		колдовство (conjuration, enchantment, hoodoo, incantation, magic, medicine, pishogue, sorceries, sorcery, sortilege, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry), очарование (allure, charm, enchantment, fascination, glamor, glamour, loveliness), обаяние (charisma, charm, enchantment, fascination, glamor, glamour). (various references)

Spanish		brujería (diabolism, medicine, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery), hechicería (sorcery, wizardry). (various references)

Swedish		förhäxning. (various references)

Ukranian		чарівність (appeal, appealingness, attraction, charisma, charm, fascination, glamor, glamour, loveliness, prettiness), чарівництво (cantrip, conjuration, sorcery, witchcraft, wizardry), чари (cantrip, charm, fascination, glamor, glamour, spell). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự l� m say đắm (captivation), sự l� m mê mẩn, sự bỏ bùa mê sự l� m say mê. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bewitchment": bewitchments. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "bewitchment" (pronounced 'Be*witch"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-h-i-m-n-t-t-w"
	-3 letters: enthetic.
	-4 letters: benthic, bewitch, centime, hebetic.
	-5 letters: betime, bitten, cement, emetic, emetin, entice, ethnic, henbit, icemen, mitten, newbie, techie, tentie, theine, thence, thetic, titmen, twitch, whence, whiten.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-e-e-h-i-m-n-t-t-w"
	+1 letter: bewitchments.
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