transitive verb. To hold spellbound; captivate.

transitive verb. To enslave.

To reduce to the condition of or hold as a thrall or captive; enslave or hold in bondage or subjection; subjugate.

Hence To reduce to or hold in mental subjection of any kind; subjugate, captivate, or charm: as, to enthrall the judgment or the senses.

transitive verb. To hold in thrall; to enslave. See inthrall.

verb. To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.

verb. To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.

verb. hold spellbound

"And the interesting thing about the book, apart from its ability to enthrall, is that it hasn't really dated, or has dated only in inconsequential or charming ways."

delight  please  

colonialism  conflation  conveying  croud  disallowance  

absorb  absorb the attention  arrest  becharm  beguile  

enthralled  enthralling  inthrall  

enthralled  enthralling  enthralls  enthrals