Dictionary entry

Spellbind

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Spell″bind′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spellbound (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Spellbinding.] To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. — Spell″bind′er (#), n.