mesmerize
English
Alternative forms
- mesmerise (UK)
Etymology
Back-formation from mesmerism, thus mesmerism + -ize; first attested in 1829.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- To exercise mesmerism on; to spellbind; to enthrall.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients, page 99:
- Then he commenced to talk, really talk, and inside of two flaps of a herring’s fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt’s boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
- She mesmerized the audience with her tricks
Synonyms
Translations
to exercise mesmerism on
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See also
Further reading
- “mesmerize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “mesmerize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Portuguese
Verb
mesmerize