mesmerize (v.)

  1. attract strongly, as if with a magnet; She magnetized the audience with her tricks

    [ Syn: magnetize , mesmerise , magnetise , bewitch , spellbind ]

  2. induce hypnosis in

    [ Syn: hypnotize , hypnotise , mesmerise ]

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