fascination

«fascination» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: charm, spell — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

charm, spell

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

a powerful pull that holds the attention or seems to bewitch someone. tree →

how it differs from today

Today it means a strong interest; here it means a magical power to charm or bewitch, like a snake's hold on a bird.

examples

• Menelaus now sought Helen in the royal palace, who, being immortal, still retained all her former beauty and fascination. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) tree →
• But all warnings and past experience were forgotten by Odysseus when Circe commenced to exercise upon him her fascinations and blandishments. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) tree →
• And, besides, he felt the fascination of Ludovine’s eyes, which looked at him as a snake looks at a little bird. (The Green Fairy Book) tree →

primary record

fascination

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 9 (Torah 0, tales 9, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.0 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fascination» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.