## Meanings
1. A quality that makes someone or something attractive and pleasing.
2. To attract or delight someone, often by being pleasant and likeable.
3. To persuade someone to do something by being charming.
4. A small object that is believed to bring good luck.
5. A set of words or actions believed to have magical power.

## Examples
- The old town has a quiet charm that draws visitors back year after year.
- He charmed everyone at the dinner with his funny stories.
- She charmed her parents into letting her stay out late.
- She wore a tiny silver charm to bring her good luck in the exam.
- In the story, the witch recited a charm to put the prince to sleep.

## Derived Forms
- anticharm
- becharm
- charmable
- charmer
- charmfest
- charmful
- charming
- charmless
- charmlet
- charmlike
- charmonium
- charmstone

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵeh₂r-
- Root: charme
- Root: ċearm
- Root: *karm
- Root: *karmiz

## Etymology
Synchronically a variant of chirm, but reflects Middle English charme (or unattested *charm), from Old English ċearm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karm, masculine variant of *karmi f, from Proto-Germanic *karmiz, *karm(j)az (“cry, lament, calling sound”). Near-doublet of chirm, which is from the feminine counterpart.

## AI Etymology
charm is a noun and verb. Synchronically a variant of chirm, but reflects Middle English charme (or unattested *charm), from Old English ċearm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karm, masculine variant of *karmi f, from Proto-Germanic *karmiz, *karm(j)az (“cry, lament, calling sound”). Near-doublet of chirm, which is from the feminine counterpart. Historical forms in the chain include *ǵeh₂r- (Proto-Indo-European), charme (Middle English), ċearm (Old English), *karm (Proto-West Germanic), and *karmiz (Proto-Germanic). Current senses include a quality that makes someone or something attractive and pleasing, to attract or delight someone, often by being pleasant and likeable, and to persuade someone to do something by being charming. Derived forms include anticharm, becharm, charmable, charmer, and charmfest.

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- Describing Qualities
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