Mesmerize - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Mesmerize :  (verb)
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]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Mesmerize : \Mes"mer*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mesmerized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mesmerizing.] To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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