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charm

2 verb
     
charm2 [transitive]
1 to attract someone and make them like you, sometimes in order to make them do something for you [↪ charming]:
We were charmed by the friendliness of the local people.
2 to please and interest someone:
a story that has charmed generations of children
3 to gain power over someone or something by using magic
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