enchant
Pronunciation: /enˈCHant/
verb
[with object]
1 Fill (someone) with great delight; charm: Isabel was enchanted with the idea
1.1 Put (someone or something) under a spell: (as adjective enchanted) an enchanted garden
Origin
late Middle English (in the senses 'put under a spell' and 'delude'; formerly also as inchant): from French enchanter, from Latin incantare, from in- 'in' + cantare 'sing'.
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Strangely, the siren's song when sung by the police cruiser didn't attract or enchant. Most watched carefully from behind the edge of a shade or a lifted slat of the blinds.
