Fascinate

a. [Fr. fasciner, from Lat. fascinare, allied to Gr. baskai neiu. To bewitch; to enchant; to -adv . At the greatest distance; most remote. Far'thing, n. [A. S. feorthung.] ( Antiq.and Numis .) The fourth part of a penny, or integer, anciently called four thing. F. of gold was a coin used in ancient times, containing in value the fourth part of a noble , or twenty pence in silver, and in weight the sixth part of an ounce in gold. F. were coined in silver by Henry VIII., 1522; in copper by Charles II. F. among the Romans was a small piece of bra money. In the English version of Fascinated, p . a . Bewitched; en the New Testament both as sari on and quadrans are rendered F. , but they were not similar; for the former was the tenth part of a Roman denarius , or about three farthings (1/2 cents), and the latter was equal to two mites , about a fifth of the farthing. " Date obolum Beli sario" - "Give a farthing to Belisarius," is a phrase sometimes applied to fallen greatne , from the popular tradition that Belisarius had been reduced to beg in his old age.