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  • 111enthrallingly — See enthrall. * * * …

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  • 112inthrall — or inthral [in thrôl′] vt. inthralled, inthralling ENTHRALL * * * …

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  • 113disenthrall — disenthrallment, n. /dis en thrawl /, v.t. to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies. [1635 45; DIS 1 + ENTHRALL] * * * …

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  • 114enrapture — enrapturedly, adv. /en rap cheuhr/, v.t., enraptured, enrapturing. to move to rapture; delight beyond measure: We were enraptured by her singing. [1730 40; EN 1 + RAPTURE] Syn. enthrall, transport, entrance, enchant. * * * …

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  • 115enthral — enthralment, n. /en thrawl /, v.t., enthralled, enthralling. enthrall. * * * …

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  • 116entrance — entrance1 /en treuhns/, n. 1. an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties. 2. a point or place of entering; an opening or passage for entering, as a doorway. 3. the right, privilege, or permission to enter; admission: People improperly …

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  • 117fascinate — fascinatedly, adv. fascinative, adj. /fas euh nayt /, v., fascinated, fascinating. v.t. 1. to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the… …

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  • 118inthral — inthralment, n. /in thrawl /, v.t., inthralled, inthralling. enthrall. Also, inthrall. * * * …

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  • 119liberate — liberative, liberatory /lib euhr euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. liberator, n. /lib euh rayt /, v.t., liberated, liberating. 1. to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage. 2. to free (a nation or area) from control by a foreign or oppressive… …

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  • 120literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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