enthral

[ en-thrawl ]

/ ɛnˈθrɔl /

enthrall.

OTHER WORDS FROM enthral

en·thral·ment, noun

London women are very hard to beat in the little things which captivate and enthral.

John Brown |Captain R. W. Campbell
They appeal to a greater number and a more varied class of readers, but they do not enthral them.

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany |Georg Brandes
It is quite impossible to treat these men with the cast-iron regulations which enthral the Imperial soldier.

The Siege of Mafeking (1900) |J. Angus Hamilton.
And the supple woman with the dark eyes would have been just the creature to enthral him.

For the Term of His Natural Life |Marcus Clarke

All night long he was sending messages directing the plan of battle the news of which was to enthral the civilized world.

Drake, Nelson and Napoleon |Walter Runciman

enthral

/ (ɪnˈθrɔːl) /

to hold spellbound; enchant; captivate

obsolete to hold as thrall; enslave

enthraller, noun enthralment or US enthrallment, noun

C16: from en- 1 + thrall