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2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.

3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.

Such an enchantment as there is in words.

South.

Syn. -- Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery.

En*chant"ress (?), n. [Cf. F. enchanteresse.] A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.

En*charge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encharged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encharging (?).] [OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref. en- (L. in) + F. charger. See Charge.] To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.

His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with.

Jeffrey.

En*charge", n. A charge. [Obs.] A. Copley.

En*chase" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enchasing.] [F. enchâsser; pref. en- (L. in) + châsse box containing relics, frame, case, the same word as caisse case. See 1st Case, and cf. Chase, Encase, Incase.] 1. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.

Enchased with a wanton ivy twine.

Spenser.

An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced.

Mickle.

2. To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case.

With golden letters . . . well enchased.

Spenser.

3. To delineate or describe, as by writing. [Obs.]

All which . . . for to enchase, Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween.

Spenser.

En*chas"er (?), n. One who enchases.

En*chas"ten (?), v. t. To chasten. [Obs.]

{ En*che"son, En*chea"son (?) }, n. [OF. enchaison, fr. L. incidere to happen; in + cadere to fall.] Occasion, cause, or reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.

En*chest" (?), v. t. [Cf. Inchest.] To inclose in a chest. Vicars.

||En`chi*rid"i*on (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?;; &?; in + &?; hand.] Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn.

En*chis"el (?), v. t. To cut with a chisel.

||En"cho*dus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a spear + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).