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magnetize, v.|ˈmægnɪtaɪz|
[f. magnet + -ize.]
1. trans. To charge or supply with magnetic properties.
1801Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 133/2 The most simple method of magnetising a steel bar. 1831Brewster Optics x. 92 The violet rays..had the power of magnetising small steel needles. 1894S. R. Bottone Electr. Instr. Making (ed. 6) 215 If, therefore, we wind our field magnets with about 6 lbs. No. 20= 12·5 ohms, we shall get a sufficient number of turns on to magnetise them efficiently.
2. intr. To become magnetic.
In mod. Dicts.
3. trans. To attract as a magnet does. Chiefly fig. (with mixture of sense 4), to subdue or win by personal charm.
1836Edin. Rev. LXII. 310 The noblest associations, thus insensibly introduced into the mind, magnetize it anew. 1842Tennyson Talking Oak 255, I kiss it twice, I kiss it thrice, The warmth it thence shall win To riper life may magnetise The baby-oak within. 1847Disraeli Tancred iv. iii, You will magnetise the Queen as you have magnetised me. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. vi. 141 External Nature is..an enchantress who magnetises the human spirit.
4. To influence by ‘animal magnetism’; to mesmerize. Also fig.
1785Mesmer's Aphorisms 11 The operation must be repeated, till you have magnetized every side of the plant. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) X. 450/1 Seven of Deslon's patients were magnetised at Dr. Franklin's house. 1849S. R. Maitland Illustr. Mesmerism 74 M. Renard..had requested that Adèle the clairvoyante might, while in her sleep, magnetise a little bottle of water for him. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 189 You must magnetize him many times to get him en rapport with a jest.
Hence ˈmagnetized ppl. a. (also absol.); ˈmagnetizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1787F. Burney Diary 19 June, He whispered..that..he intended to introduce magnetizing. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) X. 450/1 A magnetised tree was said to produce convulsions. 1830Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. 57 Masks of magnetized steel wire are..adapted to the faces of the workmen. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 33/1 The mode of bringing the magnetised under the influence of the magnetic fluid was peculiar. 1843Rep. Brit. Assoc. 27 The magnetizing action of transitory electric currents. 1877Academy 3 Nov. 428/1 In an article on the magnetising of animals, Herr Preyer investigates the physiological effects [etc.]. 1880J. E. H. Gordon Electr. & Magn. I. 147 The magnetized bar. |