mesmerize

English

Alternative forms

• mesmerise (UK)

Etymology

From mesmerism +‎ -ize.

• 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)

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

to exercise mesmerism on

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

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

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