spellbind

Verb

• put into a trance

• attract strongly, as if with a magnet
  • She magnetized the audience with her tricks
    

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  entrance , magnetize , mesmerize , mesmerise , magnetise , bewitch , fascinate , transfix , grip