mesmerize
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- mesmerise (UK)
[edit] Etymology
- real etymology: from the name of Franz Anton Mesmer
- pseudoetymology: from the Hebrew noun word for: 'nail' 'masmer מסמר' denoting the state of being "attached" with a nail; a "fixation" (as when being "nailed" to something)
as well as the verb word: Mesamer-with root letters of: S-M-R ס.מ.ר-as in: 'mesamer Se'ar מסמר שיער' (hair-raising; making the hair stand on-end, like nails)
[edit] Verb
mesmerize (third-person singular simple present mesmerizes, present participle mesmerizing, simple past and past participle mesmerized)
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
to exercise mesmerism on
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- mesmerize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- mesmerize in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911