effascinate

English

Etymology

Latin effascinare.

Verb

effascinate (third-person singular simple present effascinates, present participle effascinating, simple past and past participle effascinated)

1. (obsolete) To charm; to bewitch.
   • 1681, Joseph Glanvill, Sadducismus Triumphatus:

     [they] were deluded, effascinated and befooled with his [Descartes'] jocular Subtilty and prestigious Abstractions there

References

• “effascinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• caffeinates