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1. To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
   "The snake charmer spellbinds the cobra";
   - fascinate, transfix, grip
    
2. Maintain the complete attention of (someone), e.g. because they are fascinated
   - magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise [Brit], magnetise [Brit], bewitch, hypnotize, hypnotise [Brit]
    
3. Put into a trance
   - entrance

Derived forms: spellbound, spellbinds, spellbinding

Type of: charm, hypnotise [Brit], hypnotize, influence, interest, mesmerise [Brit], mesmerize, tempt