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Definition of chorum

"chorum" is probably misspelled. Trying charm instead Definition of charm

1. charm [ n ] attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
Examples: "his smile was part of his appeal to her"

Used in print:

(The Providence Journal...)

As for the ladies , they were full of charm , and sincerity , and deep and abiding affection for this hurrying driving , honest , little man .

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

The already faded pastel charms of the naive music itself vanish entirely in Fistoulari 's melodramatic contrasts between ultra vehement brute power and chilly , if suave , sentimentality .

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

Yet nationalism has lost few of its charms for the historian , writer or man_in_the_street .

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

He had the same bullet_head of curly reddish hair but he did n't have Jim 's poker-faced humor or his brains or his charm .

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

Charming and peaceful - but what were charm and peace compared to high adventure ?

Synonyms appeal charm appealingness Related Terms attractiveness winsomeness siren_call capture

2. charm [ v ] attract; cause to be enamored
Examples: "She captured all the men's hearts"

Used in print:

(San Francisco Chronicle...)

Famed cellist Pablo_Casals took his instrument to the East_Room of the White_House yesterday and charmed the staff with a two-hour rehearsal .

(The New York Times...)

But , even if Mr._Sansom labors too hard to extract more refinements of meaning and feeling from his travel experiences than the limits of language allow , he still can charm and astound .

Synonyms capture captivate charm beguile bewitch becharm catch enamor fascinate trance entrance enchant enamour Related Terms attract hold work appeal enchantment fascination captivation charmer smoothie bewitchery captive catch

3. charm [ n ] something believed to bring good luck

Used in print:

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

More potent a charm to bring back that time_of_life than this record of a_few pictures and a_few remembered facts would be a catalogue of the minutiae which are of the very stuff of the mind , intrinsic , because they were known in_the_beginning not by the eye alone but by the hand that held them .

Synonyms charm good_luck_charm Related Terms object whatchamacallit juju amulet

4. charm [ n ] a verbal formula believed to have magical force
Examples: "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands" "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"

Used in print:

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese , a dialect I take it you do n't comprehend .

Synonyms charm magic_spell spell Related Terms speech hex incantation

5. charm [ v ] protect through supernatural powers or charms

Synonyms charm Related Terms protect spell

6. charm [ v ] control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft

Synonyms becharm charm Related Terms control hex spell

7. charm [ v ] induce into action by using one's charm
Examples: "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

Synonyms tempt influence charm Related Terms persuade magnetize influence appeal influence enticement

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