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# enchanter

noun (an enchanter, enchanters); feminine enchantress

«enchanter» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An enchanter is a person in stories who uses magic spells, especially to charm or control people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/#m1)
2. (figurative) An enchanter is someone who charms and delights people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/#m2)

### In the lessons

Fairy tales, legends and fantasy books (Merlin is often called an enchanter). Tells the reader there is magic and maybe a trick. Phrases: a wicked enchanter, the enchanter's spell.

### Examples

- The enchanter turned the prince into a frog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/#x1)
- In the legend, Merlin the enchanter helped King Arthur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/#x2)
- The wicked enchanter cast a sleeping spell on the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/#x3)
- The children broke the enchanter's spell with kindness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/#x4)
- The storyteller was a real enchanter; nobody moved while she spoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/#x5)
- An enchantress lived in the tower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/#x6)
- When the Enchanter heard this he insisted that she must come. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Enchantress is the old female form; today «enchanter» can be anyone. Related: enchant, enchanted, enchanting. Enchanters are not real; magic in stories is make-believe.

## In Jewish tradition

One of the forbidden practices of the nations. Israel is not allowed to seek the future by magic.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the ban as a call to trust God and listen to the prophets rather than magic. The law treats sorcery as a serious sin.

### Examples

- There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, (Torah DEU.18.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enchanter/#x1)
- The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. (Writings DAN.5.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enchanter/#x2)
- The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter. (Prophets ISA.3.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enchanter/#x3)
- Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. (Writings DAN.2.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enchanter/#x4)

### Note

Countable. Enchantress is the old female form; today «enchanter» can be anyone. Related: enchant, enchanted, enchanting. Enchanters are not real; magic in stories is make-believe.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «enchanter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enchanter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enchanter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enchanter.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «enchanter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enchanter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enchanter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/enchanter.html) on Mova free.