spellbind

(v) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
- The snake charmer fascinates the cobra
transfix, fascinate, grip,
(v) attract strongly, as if with a magnet
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
magnetise, mesmerise, mesmerize, bewitch, magnetize,
(v) put into a trance entrance,

transfix fascinate grip magnetise mesmerise mesmerize bewitch magnetize entrance

spellbinder spellbinding