spellbind in WordNet English dictionary

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

spellbind in English Wiktionary