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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fascination/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fascination/#x1)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fascination/#x2)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fascination/#x3)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fascination/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.