The
anharmonic function or
anharmonic ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to be regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here we our slender pipes may safely charm. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic. [ 1913 Webster ]

No witchcraft charm thee! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Music the fiercest grief can charm. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

They, on their mirth and dance
Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life. [ 1913 Webster ]

I, in my own woe charmed,
Could not find death. Shak.

Syn. - To fascinate; enchant; enrapture; captivate; bewitch; allure; subdue; delight; entice; transport. [ 1913 Webster ]

With charm of earliest birds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Free liberty to chant our charms at will. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation. [ 1913 Webster ]

My high charms work. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The charm of beauty's powerful glance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Physics) a property of certain quarks which may take the value of +1, -1 or 0. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Spell; incantation; conjuration; enchantment; fascination; attraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Ps. lviii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make a musical sound. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. filled with wonder and delight.
Syn. -- beguiled, captivated, delighted, enthralled, entranced. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest. Isa. xxix. 17 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who delights and attracts the affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

How charming is divine philosophy. Milton.

Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning.

-- Charm"ing*ly, adv. -- Charm"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [ our nature ]. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anc. Mus.) Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate. [1913 Webster]

2. (Mus.) (a) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A♭ for G♯. (b) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys. [1913 Webster]

Though yet he never harmed me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No ground of enmity between us known
Why he should mean me ill or seek to harm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss. [ 1913 Webster ]

We, ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms. Shak.

Syn. -- Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See Mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

--Harm"ful*ly, adv. -- Harm"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. “ The harmless deer.” Drayton

Syn. -- Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive; unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed.

--Harm"less*ly, adv.- Harm"less*ness, n.

2. A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small wind musical instrument shaped like a flat bar with holes along the thin edges, held in the hand and producing notes from multiple vibrating reeds arranged inside along its length; it was formerly called the harmonicon. See harmonicon. [ PJC ]

2. In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) In harmonical progression. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Mus.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overtones. [ 1913 Webster ]

God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and beautiful without us. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious family. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.

-- Har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Har*mo"ni*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.