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    ENTHRALL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: enthralled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, enthralling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they enthrall  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it enthralls  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: enthralled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: enthralled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: enthralling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Hold spellboundplay

    Synonyms:

    delight; enchant; enrapture; enthral; enthrall; ravish; transport

    Classified under:

    Verbs of feeling

    Hypernyms (to "enthrall" is one way to...):

    delight; please (give pleasure to or be pleasing to)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

    Sentence examples:

    The good news will enthrall her

    The performance is likely to enthrall Sue


    Derivation:

    enthrallment (a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual)

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