What is the meaning of spellbinding?

verb

• To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.
  • usage: "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
  • synonyms: fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind
• Attract strongly, as if with a magnet.
  • usage: "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
  • synonyms: magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind
• Put into a trance.
  • synonyms: entrance, spellbind

adjective

• Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.
  • usage: "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
  • synonyms: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing