enchanter

== English == === Alternative forms === enchantor, inchantor, enchantour, enchauntour, inchanter (all obsolete) enchauntor (obsolete, rare) === Etymology === From Middle English enchantour, from Old French enchanteor (Modern French enchanteur), from Latin incantātor (“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”), from incantāre (“to sing, to consecrate with spells”). Doublet of incantator. Equivalent to enchant +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtʃɑːntə/, /ənˈtʃɑːntə/, /ɛnˈtʃɑːntə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/, /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/ === Noun === enchanter (plural enchanters) One who enchants or delights. A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments. 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book One, Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006, Canto VII, stanza 35, p. 113, No magicke arts hereof had any might, / Nor bloody wordes of bold Enchaunters call, / But all that was not such, as seemd in sight, / Before that shield did fade, and suddeine fall: ==== Derived terms ==== enchanter's nightshade ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === re-enchant, reenchant == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French enchanter, probably borrowed from Latin incantāre. Doublet of incanter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te/ === Verb === enchanter (transitive) to enchant ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== enchanté enchantement enchanteur, enchanteresse ==== Related terms ==== chanter === Further reading === “enchanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === enchanter alternative form of enchauntour == Old French == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Latin incantāre, from cantus (“song; chant”). Compare chant, chanter, etc. === Verb === enchanter to enchant (to put under the power of an enchantment) c. 1261, Rutebeuf, Ci commence le miracle de Théophile Sui trop fort enchantez. ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Derived terms ==== enchantement ==== Related terms ==== chanter ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: enchaunten, enchaunte, enchanten, enchantEnglish: enchantScots: enchant French: enchanter