spellbind

verb

1. put into a trance

   Synonym:    entrance

2. attract strongly, as if with a magnet
   1. She magnetized the audience with her tricks

   Synonym:    magnetizemesmerizemesmerisemagnetisebewitch

3. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
   1. The snake charmer fascinates the cobra

   Synonym:    fascinatetransfixgrip