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cast a spell

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cast a spell (on someone)
1. Lit. to enchant someone with a magic spell. The wizard cast a spell on the frog, turning it into a prince with bad skin.
2. Fig. to intrigue and delight someone. She is a real beauty. She cast a spell on every man she met.
See also: cast, spell


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By the mass, I think old Lucas Beaumanoir guesses right, when he maintains she hath cast a spell over you.
Whereupon he gave me both of his, saying surely I had cast a spell upon him, for he could forgive me anything.
As she spoke, Norman of Torn looked upon her critically for the first time, and he saw that Joan de Tany was beautiful, and that when she spoke her face lighted with a hundred little changing expressions of intelligence and character that cast a spell of fascination about her.
 
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