Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mesmerize"
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)
mesmerize
v 1: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the
audience with her tricks" [syn: {magnetize}, {mesmerise},
{bewitch}, {spellbind}]
2: induce hypnosis in [syn: {hypnotize}, {hypnotise}, {mesmerise}]
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