- put into a trance

- attract strongly, as if with a magnet
"She magnetized the audience with her tricks"

- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
"The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"

1. To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. -- Spell"bind`er (#), n.