enchanting

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æntɪŋ, -ɑːntɪŋ

enchanting

1. present participle and gerund of enchant

enchanting (comparative more enchanting, superlative most enchanting)

1. Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
   • 2012, “Shango”, performed by Lord Nelson:

     Hearing voices calling, I look down and see a crowd
     Drumming and they chanting in a different tongue
     Music so enchanting I had to go down
     Watching what they doing, trying to understand

   • 2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian‎:

     "Fairytale" is an over-used word in football but there is certainly something enchanting about the Lambert story, rejected as a teenager at Liverpool and then playing at, among others, Blackpool, Rochdale, Stockport and Bristol Rovers.

enchanting (plural enchantings)

1. An act of enchantment.
   • 1841, Alfred Beesley, The History of Banbury, page 256:

     […] by which the truth of the matter may the better be known of all felonies, murders, poisonings, enchantings, sorceries, magical arts, transgressions, […]

enchanting

1. Alternative form of enchauntynge