- 1[transitive, intransitive] charm (somebody) to please or attract someone in order to make them like you or do what you want He was charmed by her beauty and wit. Her words had lost their power to charm.
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- 2[transitive] charm somebody/something to control or protect someone or something using magic, or as if using magic He has led a charmed life (= he has been lucky even in dangerous or difficult situations). Phrasal Verbscharm out of
charm
verbNAmE//tʃɑrm//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they charm he / she / it charms
past simple charmed
-ing form charming
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