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charmed

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /tʃɑːmd/ / /t͡ʃɑɹmd/

adj

  1. Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
  2. Having great good fortune, as though magically wrought.

    “Draw forth thy ſword, thou mightie man at armes, Intending but to raiſe my charmed ſkin: And Ioue himſelfe will ſtretch his hand from heauen, To ward the blow, and ſhield me ſafe from harme, […]”

    “‘That animal has a charmed life,’ he said; ‘but you can say this only of brutes in this country. No man - you apprehend me? - no man here bears a charmed life.’”

  3. Impressed by the pleasantness of something.

    “You are very gracious; I am charmed by your personality.”

  4. Of a particle: having nonzero charm.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of charm