becharm

Other forms of becharm

past tense

becharmed·

present participle

becharming·

third person

becharms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about becharm

What does becharm mean?

becharm means "control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in becharm?

becharm has 2 syllables: be-charm. The stress falls on "charm".

What is another word for becharm?

Close synonyms include charm, capture, enamour, trance, catch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is becharm a common word?

becharm is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.