mesmerize or mesmerise /mezˈmə-rīz/

1. To hypnotize
2. To fascinate, dominate the will or fix the attention of

mesmeric /-merˈik/ or mesmerˈical adjective

mesmerˈically adverb

mesˈmerism noun

1. Hypnotism as expounded, with some fanciful notions, from 1775 by Friedrich Anton or Franz Mesmer, a German physician (1734–1815)
2. Hypnotic influence

mesmerīzāˈtion or mesmerīsāˈtion noun

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