Charm, abstr. pro concr., == charmer: “when I am revenged upon my c., I have done all,” Ant. IV, 12, 16. O this false soul of Egypt, this grave c. 25 (v. 30 spell).
2) that which irresistibly gains the affections: “'even thus, quoth she, the warlike God unlaced me', as if the boy should use like loving --s,” Pilgr. 150. “bewitched by the c. of looks,” Rom. II Chor. Rom. II Chor. “whose age has --s in it, to pluck the common bosom on his side,” Lr. V, 3, 48. all the --s of love soften thy “waned lip,” Ant. II, 1, 20. “forth of my heart those --s, thine eyes, are blotted,” Oth. V, 1, 35.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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