Mesmerize

//ˈmɛzməɹaɪz// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.

    "Mesmer had about a hundred people whom he had instructed as magnetisers, some of whom belonged to the nobility, who also "mesmerised" people by making passes over the affected parts of the body."

  2. 2
    induce hypnosis in wordnet
  3. 3
    To spellbind; to enthrall.

    "She mesmerized the audience with her tricks"

  4. 4
    attract strongly, as if with a magnet wordnet

Etymology

Back-formation from mesmerism, thus mesmerism + -ize; first attested in 1829.

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