enthrill

Definitions

1. To pierce; penetrate; run through; stab.
   transitive
2. To cause to thrill.
   transitive
3. To charm; to enthrall.
   nonstandard, transitive

Examples

“Yea, though Christ from the skies hold⟳ out never so moving lures unto us, all of them (haggard like⟳) we will turn⟳ tail to, and haste to the iron⟳ fist, that holds out nought but a knife to enthrill us.”

“[…] for then a glance⟳ from her she knew, Could inthrill his heart, enrapture and control⟳ […]”

“Long years ago, amid the sunny hills Where Arno dashing makes the maddest mirth, A master lived whose melody enthrills, And ever will, the children of the earth.”

“She's getting enthrilled by him; she is, my lord. I saw⟳ 'em meet⟳ just now in the wood.”

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