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Definition of Mesmerize

1. Verb. Attract strongly, as if with a magnet. "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"

Definition of Mesmerize

1. v. t. To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

Definition of Mesmerize

1. Verb. To exercise mesmerism on; to spellbind; to enthrall. ¹

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Definition of Mesmerize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesmerize

Literary usage of Mesmerize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern Literary Messenger (1850)
"I am about to mesmerize her in your presence." » Do what ? ... "mesmerize me!" said Mam'eelle with a whimper. '• Oh please don't. ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"It is to the effect that Mr. Lewie might have received Information of the exact hour at which the lady he had promised to try to mesmerize at a distance ..."

3. The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study by Thomson Jay Hudson (1908)
"One further remark should be made regarding the power to mesmerize at a distance, and that is, that it depends solely upon the faith and confidence of the ..."

4. The Life of Captain Sir Richd F. Burton by Isabel Burton (1893)
"He could also do this at a distance, but with more difficulty if water were between us, and if he tried to mesmerize anybody else and I was anywhere in the ..."

5. The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder, Held at the Central Criminal by Edwin Bartlett, Edward Beal, Great Britain Central Criminal Court (1886)
"Deceased became all alert at once, and asked me if I could mesmerize. I told him I had never tried, and did not mean to, giving as my reason my opinion that ..."

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