spellbind
(verb)
verb
1. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
Similar word(s): fascinate, grip, transfix
Definition categories: emotion, interest
2. attract strongly, as if with a magnet
Similar word(s): bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize
Definition categories: communication, charm, influence, tempt
3. put into a trance
Similar word(s): entrance
Definition categories: body, hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise, mesmerize