spellbind
v 1: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing
terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
[syn: fascinate, transfix, grip]
2: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the
audience with her tricks" [syn: magnetize, mesmerize,
mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch]
3: put into a trance [syn: entrance]
[also: spellbound]
spellbound
adj : having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: fascinated,
hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised,
transfixed]