be wimple (bewimpl)

t. [ veil. Gower. be winter (bē-win'ter), v. t. [ Cowley, Sleep. bewit, n. See bewet2 . bewitch (bē-wich'), v . t. [ bewicchen , bi wicchen, be- + wicchen, witch: see be -1 and witch, v.] 1. To subject to the influence of witchcraft; affect by witchcraft or sorcery; throw a charm or spell over. Look how I am bewitch'd ; behold, mine arm Is, like a blasted sapling, wither'd up. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 4. 2. To charm; fascinate; please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance. Love doth bewitch and strangely change us. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 468. Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires. The charms of poetry our souls bewitch . His [Tennyson's] verses still bewitch youths and artists by their sentiments and beauty, but their thought takes hold of thinkers and men of the world. Stedman , Vict. Poets, p. 160. bewitched ne (be-wicht'nes), n. [ bewitched , pp. of bewitch , +-ne .] The state of being bewitched. bewitcher (bē-wich'èr), n. or fascinates. One who bewitches I will counterfeit the bewitchment of some popular man, and give it bountifully to the desirers. Shak . , Cor., ii. 3. To wash in May dew guards against bewitchment. Keary , Prim. Belief, p. 378.