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Charm   /tʃɑrm/   Listen
Charm

noun
1.
Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates.  Synonyms: appeal, appealingness.
2.
A verbal formula believed to have magical force.  Synonyms: magic spell, magical spell, spell.  "Inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"
3.
Something believed to bring good luck.  Synonym: good luck charm.
4.
(physics) one of the six flavors of quark.
verb
(past & past part. charmed; pres. part. charming)
1.
Attract; cause to be enamored.  Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance.
2.
Control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft.  Synonym: becharm.
3.
Protect through supernatural powers or charms.
4.
Induce into action by using one's charm.  Synonyms: influence, tempt.



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"Charm" Quotes from Famous Books



... the accompaniment of a curse, the spirit of the well would cause his death. In some cases the curse was inscribed on a leaden tablet thrown into the waters, just as, in other cases, a prayer for the offerer's benefit was engraved on it. Or, again, objects over which a charm had been said were placed in a well that the victim who drew water might be injured. An excellent instance of a cursing-well is that of Fynnon Elian in Denbigh, which must once have had a guardian priestess, ...
— The Religion of the Ancient Celts • J. A. MacCulloch
... my home with some officers in a small and dirty farm house. The novelty of the situation, however, gave it a certain charm for the time. We were crowded into two or three little rooms and lay on piles of straw. We were short of rations, but each officer contributed something from his private store. I had a few articles of tinned food with me and they proved ...
— The Great War As I Saw It • Frederick George Scott
... he discounts his "Irish charm," and though he praises highly his gifts as dramatist and story-teller he lays little stress on his genuine kindness of nature and the courteous smiling ways which made him so incomparable a companion ...
— Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (of 2) - His Life and Confessions • Frank Harris
... enthusiasms fell short of the last note of sincerity. Perhaps it was on this account that she produced no strong impression, in spite of her beauty. Her personality suffered on acquaintance from defect of charm. Was it a half-consciousness of this that led her now and then into the curious affectation of childishness already remarked? Did she feel unable to rely for pleasing upon those genuine possessions which for sonic reason could ...
— A Life's Morning • George Gissing
... her to have a flavour of antique chivalry; it smacked of the princess undoing enchantments, and reminded her vaguely of Camelot. She determined to stop at the house and begin the work at once; so she summoned the footman a second time and gave him the address. So great indeed was the charm which her conception exercised over her, that her very indignation against Julian changed to pity. He had to be fitted to the chivalric pattern, and consequently refashioned. Her harlequin fancy straightway transformed him ...
— Ensign Knightley and Other Stories • A. E. W. Mason


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