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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1829 1. to subject to mesmerism; also hypnotize 2. spellbind • mesmerizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) 1 Psychol. hypnotize; exercise mesmerism on. 2 fascinate, spellbind. Derivatives: mesmerization n. mesmerizer n. mesmerizingly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mesmerize Mes"mer*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mesmerized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mesmerizing.] To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mesmerizes, mesmerizing, mesmerized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'mesmerise' If you are mesmerized by something, you are so interested in it or so attracted to it that you cannot think about anything else. He was absolutely mesmerised by Pavarotti on television... There was something about Pearl that mesmerised her. VERB: be V-ed, V n • mesmerized I sat mesmerized long after the fairground closed. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • mesmerizing She has a mesmerising smile. ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

absorb, absorb the attention, anesthetize, arrest, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, carry away, cast a spell, catch, catch up, charm, dominate, dope, drug, enchant, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, entrance, exercise, fascinate, grab, grip, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hypnotize, immerse, infatuate, intrigue, involve, involve the interest, lull to sleep, magnetize, monopolize, narcotize, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, preoccupy, put to sleep, put under, rock to sleep, sedate, spell, spellbind, take up, trance, transport, vamp, witch