verb (v)

• to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  fascinate, grip, transfix
  

  source: wordnet30
• attract strongly, as if with a magnet(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize
  

  source: wordnet30
• put into a trance(verb.body)

  Synonym:
  entrance
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913