mesmerize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
    bewitch; mesmerise; magnetize; magnetise; spellbind.
    • She magnetized the audience with her tricks
  2. verb induce hypnosis in
    hypnotize; mesmerise; hypnotise.

WordNet

Mes"mer*ize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Mesmerized ; present participle & verbal noun Mesmerizing
Definitions
  1. To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

Webster 1913