mesmerize

English

Alternative forms

• mesmerise (UK)

Etymology

From mesmerism +‎ -ize.

Verb

mesmerize (third-person singular simple present mesmerizes, present participle mesmerizing, simple past and past participle mesmerized)

1. To exercise mesmerism on; to spellbind; to enthrall.

   She mesmerized the audience with her tricks

Synonyms

• (exercise mesmerism on): spellbind, hypnotize, enthrall

Translations

to exercise mesmerism on

• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 使入迷 (shǐ rùmí)

• Czech: uchvátit (cs), okouzlit (cs), fascinovat (cs)
• Danish: hypnotisere (da)
• Finnish: hypnotisoida (fi), lumota (fi)
• Hungarian: delejez (hu), hipnotizál (hu)

• Italian: incantare (it)
• Portuguese: hipnotizar (pt), mesmerizar (pt)
• Russian: завораживать (ru) (zavoraživatʹ), гипнотизировать (ru) (gipnotizirovatʹ)

See also

• hypnotize

External links

• mesmerize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mesmerize in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911