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charm [n]

1)	attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"

Synonyms :

appeal appealingness

2)	a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"

Synonyms :

magic_spell spell

See Also:

language becharm spell conjuration curse

3)	something believed to bring good luck

Synonyms :

good_luck_charm

See Also:

object amulet fetich

charm [v]

1)	attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"

Synonyms :

becharm beguile bewitch captivate capture catch enamor enamour enchant entrance fascinate trance

See Also:

appeal captivation entrancement animal_magnetism charmer appeal beguiler captive captivation catch enchantment hold work

2)	control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft

Synonyms :

becharm

See Also:

command bewitch

3)	protect through supernatural powers or charms

Synonyms :

See Also:

protect

4)	induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

Synonyms :

influence tempt

See Also:

persuade enticement tempter influence influence influence appeal bewitch

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

An explicitly parallel programming language based on C, for both shared and nonshared MIMD computers.

ftp://a.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/CHARM.

Mailing list: charm@cs.uiuc.edu.

["The CHARM(3.2) Programming Language Manual", UIUC (Dec 1992)].

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