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Bewitching.] 1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. Is like a blasted sapling withered up. 2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree.html">degree.html">degree as to take away the power.html">power of resistance; to enchant. Dryden. Bewitch.html">witch.html">witch.html">witch.html">witchedness.html">ness (?), n. The state of being bewitched. Bewitcher (?), n. One who bewitches. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. Bewitching, a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. Bewitchingly, adv. Bewitchingness, n. Tylor. Shak. 2. To wonder at; to admire. [Obs.] Fairfax. Bewray, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Bewrayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bewraying.] [OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. be + AS. wr?gan to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wr?gian, OHG. ruog?n, G. rgen, Icel. rgja, go/goth.html">Goth. wr?hjan to accuse.] To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray. [Obs. or Archaic] Robynson (More's Utopia.) Matt. xxvi. 73. Addison. Bewreck (?), v. t. To wreck. [Obs.] Ld. Berners. B. Jonson. bey.html">Beylic (?), n. [Turk.] The territory ruled by a bey. Beyond that flaming hill. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. Pope. 4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. Beyond expectation. Beyond any of the great men of my country. Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or.

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