Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mesmerizing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mesmerize \Mes"mer*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mesmerized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Mesmerizing}.]
To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mesmerizing
adj : attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "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" [syn: {hypnotic}, {mesmeric}, {spellbinding}]
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