charm vb. (as in the sb. the fig. uses retain a strong metaphor from the orig. sense ‘enchant’)
1.
“charm the
tongue,” keep it silent Shr. IV. ii. 58, 2H6 IV. i. 64, 3H6 V. v. 31, Oth. V. ii. 182.
2.
to entreat or conjure
by some potent invocation
Cæs. II. i. 271
“I charm you, by my
once-commended beauty.”
