mesmerize
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mes·mer·ize
(mĕz′mə-rīz′, mĕs′-)tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es
1. To spellbind; enthrall: "The dance was subtle ... but at the same time it was sensual, and it mesmerized him" (Robert Rosenberg).
2. To hypnotize.
mes′mer·i·za′tion (-mər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
mes′mer·iz′er n.
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mesmerize
(ˈmɛzməˌraɪz) ormesmerise
vb (tr)
1. a former word for hypnotize
2. to hold (someone) as if spellbound
ˌmesmeriˈzation, ˌmesmeriˈsation n
ˈmesmerˌizer, ˈmesmerˌiser n
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mes•mer•ize
(ˈmɛz məˌraɪz, ˈmɛs-)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
1. to hypnotize.
2. to spellbind; fascinate.
3. to compel by fascination.
[1820–30]
mes`mer•i•za′tion, n.
mes′mer•iz`er, n.
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mesmerize
Past participle: mesmerized
Gerund: mesmerizing
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| Verb | 1. |  mesmerize - attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" |
| 2. |  mesmerize - induce hypnosis in sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm - cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" |
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mesmerize
verb entrance, fascinate, absorb, captivate, grip, enthral, hypnotize, magnetize, hold spellbound, spellbind There was something about her which mesmerized him.
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mesmerize
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Translations
fascinovatuchvátit
fascinerehypnotisere
dáleiîa
mesmerizmasužhipnotizuoti
hipnotizēt, apburtnohipnotizēt, apburt
mesmerizar
büyülemek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mesmerize
vt → hypnotisieren; (fig) → faszinieren, fesseln; the audience sat mesmerized → die Zuschauer saßen wie gebannt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mesmerize
[ˈmɛzməˌraɪz] vt → ipnotizzareshe was mesmerized (fig) → non riusciva a distogliere lo sguardo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mesmerize,
mesmerise
(ˈmezməraiz) verb to hypnotize. The child was mesmerized by the television screen.
ˈmesmerism nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.