bewizard
verbEtymology From be- + wizard. Compare bewitch.
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To influence by, or as though by, a wizard or wizardry.
- Samuel Peters not only forged a whole code of the most absurd "laws" that Christendom has ever seen, but he seemed to "bewizard" the whole subject, so that even sober historians, in exposing his forgeries, have found themselves guilty of gross violations of truth.1890, “The Methodist review quarterly - Page 154”, in Methodist Episcopal Church, South:
- "[...] May God and your conscience reward you." Asahel went forth under a spell. He had talked with one of those men who are born to bewizard other men.1898, John William De Forest, A lover's revolt:
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- In the days of this mystical weighing and measuring, the scales may be truly said to have fallen from the eyes of a bewizarded generation, and to have revealed "sorcery and enchantment everywhere."2007, Arthur Edward Waite, The Occult Sciences - Page 131: