Associations to the word «Spellbind»

Wiktionary

SPELLBIND, verb. To attract one's attention as if by a magic spell.

Dictionary definition

SPELLBIND, verb. To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra".
SPELLBIND, verb. Attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks".
SPELLBIND, verb. Put into a trance.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats