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MESMERISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does mesmerise mean?

• MESMERISE (verb)
The verb MESMERISE has 2 senses:

1. attract strongly, as if with a magnet
2. induce hypnosis in

Familiarity information: MESMERISE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MESMERISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Attract strongly, as if with a magnet

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetise; magnetize; bewitch; spellbind

Context example:

She magnetized the audience with her tricks

Hypernyms (to "mesmerise" is one way to...):

charm; influence; tempt (induce into action by using one's charm)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Induce hypnosis in

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

hypnotise; hypnotize; mesmerise; mesmerize

Hypernyms (to "mesmerise" is one way to...):

calm; sedate; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mesmerise"):

entrance; spellbind (put into a trance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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