dehypnotize

[ dee-hip-nuh-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, de·hyp·no·tized, de·hyp·no·tiz·ing.

1. to bring out of the hypnotic state.

dehypnotize

/ diːˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz /

verb

1. tr to bring out of the hypnotic state

Derived Forms

• deˌhypnotiˈzation, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dehypnotize¹

de- + hypnotize

Example Sentences

It took, she said, 23 visits to Australian-born Dr. Sydney Van Pelt, president of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists and avowed foe of stage hypnotism, to dehypnotize her.

From Time Magazine Archive

They wanted me to dehypnotize them.

From Project Gutenberg