mesmerize

mes·mer·ize

 (mĕz′mə-rīz′, mĕs′-)

tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es

1. To spellbind; enthrall: "The dance was subtle ... but at the same time it was sensual, and it mesmerized him" (Robert Rosenberg).

2. To hypnotize.

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mes′mer·i·za′tion (-mər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

mes′mer·iz′er n.

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mesmerize

(ˈmɛzməˌraɪz) or

mesmerise

vb (tr)

1. a former word for hypnotize

2. to hold (someone) as if spellbound

ˌmesmeriˈzation, ˌmesmeriˈsation n

ˈmesmerˌizer, ˈmesmerˌiser n

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mes•mer•ize

(ˈmɛz məˌraɪz, ˈmɛs-)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.

1. to hypnotize.

2. to spellbind; fascinate.

3. to compel by fascination.

[1820–30]

mes`mer•i•za′tion, n.

mes′mer•iz`er, n.

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mesmerize

Past participle: mesmerized
Gerund: mesmerizing

Imperative

mesmerize

mesmerize

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	mesmerize - attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" magnetise, mesmerise, spellbind, magnetize, bewitch influence, tempt, charm - induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
	2.	mesmerize - induce hypnosis in       hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise entrance, spellbind - put into a trance sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm - cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"

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mesmerize

verb entrance, fascinate, absorb, captivate, grip, enthral, hypnotize, magnetize, hold spellbound, spellbind There was something about her which mesmerized him.

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mesmerize

verb

To compel, as the attention, interest, or imagination, of:

arrest, catch up, enthrall, fascinate, grip, hold, rivet, spellbind, transfix.

Slang: grab.

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Translations

fascinovatuchvátit

fascinerehypnotisere

hypnotiser

dáleiîa

ipnotizzare

mesmerizmasužhipnotizuoti

hipnotizēt, apburtnohipnotizēt, apburt

mesmerizar

büyülemek

mesmerize

[ˈmezməraɪz] VT → hipnotizar (fig) → fascinar

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mesmerize

[ˈmɛzməraɪz] vt (= hold spellbound) → ensorceler, hypnotiser

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mesmerize

vt → hypnotisieren; (fig) → faszinieren, fesseln; the audience sat mesmerized → die Zuschauer saßen wie gebannt

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mesmerize

[ˈmɛzməˌraɪz] vt → ipnotizzare
she was mesmerized (fig) → non riusciva a distogliere lo sguardo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mesmerize,

mesmerise

(ˈmezməraiz) verb

to hypnotize. The child was mesmerized by the television screen. gefassineer يُنَوِّمُ مِغْناطيسيّا хипнотизирам hipnotizar fascinovat, uchvátit hypnotisieren hypnotisere; fascinere hipnotizar hüpnotiseerima هیپنوتیزم کردن lumota hypnotiser לְהַפנֵט सम्मोहित करना hipnotizirati hipnotizál mempesona dáleiða incantare 催眠術をかける 최면을 걸다 pakerėti, užhipnotizuoti []hipnotizēt, apburt terpukau biologerenhypnotisere, trollbinde zahipnotyzować, zauroczyć هيپنوتيزم په طب كښى hipnotizar a fascina; a hip­­notiza гипнотизировать fascinovať, (z)hypnotizovať očarati hipnotisati hypnotisera, fascinera สะกดจิต büyülemek 催眠 гіпнотизувати; зачаровувати مسحور کرنا thôi miên 使进入催眠状态

ˈmesmerism noun

fassinasie تَنْويم مِغْناطيسي хипноза hipnose mesmerismus der Mesmerismus hypnotisering; fascinering γοητείαhipnosis, hipnotismo hüpnoos هیپنوتیزم hypnotisointi mesmérisme הִפּנוּט सम्मोहन विद्या hipnoza igézet pesona sefjun; dáleiðsla ipnotismo 催眠術 최면술 mesmerizmas hipnotisms pemukauan mesmerismehypnotisme mesmeryzm هیپنوتیزم hipnose hipnotism гипнотизм mesmerizmus hipnoza hipnotisanje mesmerism, hypnos การสะกดจิต hipnotizma; büyüleme 催眠術 гіпнотизм; гіпноз تنویمی کیفیت thuật thôi miên 催眠术

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