unmesmerize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ mesmerize

Verb[edit]

unmesmerize (third-person singular simple present unmesmerizes, present participle unmesmerizing, simple past and past participle unmesmerized)

  1. (transitive) To bring out of a mesmeric state; to unhypnotize.
    • 1888, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, The North American Review, volume 147, page 201:
      I was compelled to unmesmerize them and start again from the beginning.