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mesmerize
[ mez-muh-rahyz, mes- ]
verb (used with object)
This young pianist has mesmerized audiences with her incredible technique and range of musical expression.
- to hypnotize or put into a trancelike state; cause (someone) to be open to the power of suggestion or unable to act on their own:
According to ancient myth, the song of the sea nymphs mesmerized sailors, drawing them into disastrous waters.
- to cause or compel through fascination or by hypnotizing:
Advertising can easily mesmerize us into thinking that wealth is the same as money and possessions.
In this game scene, the warriors do not know they’ve been mesmerized into the service of the enemy.
mesmerize
/ ˈmɛzməˌraɪz /
Derived Forms
- ˈmesmerˌizer, noun
- ˌmesmeriˈzation, noun
Other Words From
- mes·mer·i·za·tion [mez-m, uh, -rahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n, mes-], noun
- mes·mer·iz·er noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of mesmerize1
Example Sentences
Unlikely star manages to mesmerize Jews, Arabs through 'Mizrahi' songs.
"They used to tell me that I had the strange gift of being able to mesmerize people," she muttered.
If I were to mesmerize all the women who wish me to, I should have no opportunity to benefit science by any valuable experiments.
As she knew the truth, she was telling it to him, as surely as she was doing her skillful best to mesmerize him.
He would mesmerize me into a most refreshing sleep with a prolonged and pleasing manipulation.
Your man may be a fancy mesmerizer, or mesmerize you, now that it is flying about like an epidemic, without knowing it.
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