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

• detractive
• detractively
• detractor
• detractors
• detractory
• detractress
• detracts
• detrain
• detrained
• detraining
• detrainment
• detrainments
• detrains
• detraques
• detribalisation
• detribalise
• detribalised
• detribalises
• detribalising
• detribalization
• detribalize
• detribalized
• detribalizes
• detribalizing
• detriment