Both Uses of
enthrall
in
A Man Named Dave
- I was enthralled with my job, and for the first time I had someone who wanted to be with me, someone who cared about me.†
p. 172.3 *enthralled = held spellbound (with full attention captured)
- The more Marsha and I discussed every page, every paragraph, analyzing every word of the book, the more I found myself becoming enthralled by her.†
p. 286.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(enthrall as in: enthralled by the story) to capture and hold someone's full attention -- often by being fascinating, exciting, or beautiful
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, in the past enthrall could reference enslavement.