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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Charm \Charm\ (ch[aum]rm), noun [F. charme, fr. L. carmen song, verse, incantation, for casmen, akin to Skr. [,c]asman, [,c]as[=a], a laudatory song, from a root signifying to praise, to sing.]
1. A melody; a song. [Obs.]
With charm of earliest birds. --Milton.
Free liberty to chant our charms at will. --Spenser.
2. A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation.
My high charms work. --Shak.
3. That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality.
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. --Pope.
The charm of beauty's powerful glance. --Milton.
4. Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
5. Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.
6. (Physics) a property of certain quarks which may take the value of +1, -1 or 0. [PJC]
Syn: Spell; incantation; conjuration; enchantment; fascination; attraction.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Charm \Charm\, verb (used without an object)
1. To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.
The voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. --Ps. lviii. 5.
2. To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.
3. To make a musical sound. [Obs.] --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Charm \Charm\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Charmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Charming}.] [Cf. F. charmer. See {Charm}, noun]
1. To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.]
Here we our slender pipes may safely charm. --Spenser.
2. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.
No witchcraft charm thee! --Shak.
3. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
Music the fiercest grief can charm. --Pope.
4. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.
They, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. --Milton.
5. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life.
I, in my own woe charmed, Could not find death. --Shak.
Syn: Syn. - To fascinate; enchant; enrapture; captivate; bewitch; allure; subdue; delight; entice; transport.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
charm
noun
1: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her" [syn: {appeal}, {appealingness}]
2: a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" [syn: {spell}, {magic spell}]
3: something believed to bring good luck [syn: {good luck charm}]
verb
1: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: {capture}, {enamour}, {trance}, {catch}, {becharm}, {enamor}, {captivate}, {beguile}, {fascinate}, {bewitch}, {entrance}, {enchant}]
2: control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft [syn: {becharm}]
3: protect through supernatural powers or charms
4: induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money" [syn: {influence}, {tempt}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
366 Moby Thesaurus words for "charm": absorb, absorb the attention, adorability, agacerie, agreeability, agreeableness, alchemy, allay, allure, allurement, amiability, amulet, anklet, appeal, appealingness, argue into, armlet, arrest, ascendancy, assuage, attract, attraction, attractiveness, authority, bait, baited trap, bangle, beads, beauteousness, beautifulness, beauty, beauty unadorned, becharm, beguile, beguilement, beguiling, bevy, bewitch, bewitchery, bewitchment, bijou, bind, blandishment, bloom, bracelet, breastpin, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, brooch, cajolery, calm, cantrip, captivate, captivation, carry away, cast a spell, catch, chain, chaplet, charisma, charmingness, charms, chatelaine, circle, cloud, clout, come-hither, come-on, con, conjuration, consequence, control, convince, coronet, covey, credit, crown, cultivation, culture, curse, decoy, decoy duck, delectate, delight, delightfulness, desirability, diadem, divination, dominance, domination, draw, draw on, draw over, drawcard, drawing card, earring, effect, elegance, eminence, enamor, enchant, enchantment, endear, endearment, engage, engage the attention, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enrapture, enravish, enravishment, enthrall, enthrallment, enticement, entrance, entrancement, entrapment, esteem, evil eye, exercise, exorcism, exquisiteness, extraordinarily, fascinate, fascination, favor, fetish, fetishism, flight, flirtation, flock, fob, folklore, forbidden fruit, force, freak out, fylfot, gaggle, gain, gain over, gammadion, gem, glamour, glow, good feeling, good-luck charm, grab, grace, gramarye, gratefulness, grip, ground bait, handsomeness, hex, hive, hold, hold in thrall, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hoodoo, hook, hook in, hypnotize, immerse, imparadise, importance, incantation, incidental power, inducement, infatuate, inflame with love, influence, influentiality, insinuation, interest, intrigue, inveiglement, invitation, invitingness, involve, involve the interest, jewel, jinx, juju, jujuism, knock dead, knock out, leadership, leverage, likability, locket, lore, lovability, love charm, loveliness, lovesomeness, luck, lucky bean, lucky piece, lure, luxury, madstone, magic, magic spell, magnetism, magnetize, malocchio, mascot, mastery, mesmerize, miraculously, moment, monopolize, mumbo jumbo, murmuration, natural magic, necklace, necromancy, nose ring, obeah, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, outtalk, overcome, perfectly, periapt, personality, persuade, persuasion, philter, phylactery, pin, plague, polish, popular belief, potency, power, precious stone, predominance, preoccupy, preponderance, pressure, prestige, prettiness, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, pulchritude, pull, purchase, ravish, refinement, reign, repute, rhinestone, ring, rule, rune, say, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, seduce, seducement, seduction, seductiveness, sell, sell one on, send, sensuousness, sex appeal, shamanism, skein, slay, snare, snaring, soothe, sophistication, sorcery, sortilege, spell, spellbind, spellbinding, spellcasting, spring, stickpin, stone, suasion, suavity, subdue, subtle influence, successfully, sudarium, suggestion, superstition, superstitiousness, supremacy, swarm, swastika, sway, sweetness, sympathetic magic, take, take up, talisman, talk into, talk over, tantalization, tantalize, tantalizingness, tempt, temptation, temptingness, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, the beautiful, theurgy, thrill, tiara, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, torque, tradition, transport, trap, upper hand, urbanity, vamp, vampirism, veronica, voluptuousness, voodoo, voodooism, wampum, wanga, wangle, wangle into, watch, wear down, weight, weird, whammy, whip hand, white magic, wile, win, win over, winning ways, winningness, winsomeness, witch, witchcraft, witchery, witchwork, wizardry, wooing, wow, wristband, wristlet
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
CHARM An explicitly parallel programming language based on {C}, for both shared and nonshared {MIMD} computers. {(ftp://a.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/CHARM)}. Mailing list: . ["The CHARM(3.2) Programming Language Manual", UIUC (Dec 1992)].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
CHARM++ An {object-oriented} parallel programming system, similar to {CHARM} but based on {C++}. {(ftp://a.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/CHARM/Charm++)}. E-mail: Sanjeev Krishnan . [TR 1796, UIUC]. (1994-11-29)
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