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mesmerize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise |
| Type of | calm, sedate, tranquillise, tranquillize, tranquilize |
| Has types | spellbind, entrance |
| Derivation | mesmer |
Examples of mesmerize
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I could see it in advance only on film, which diminishes its power to mesmerize.
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If you plant some this weekend, I feel certain their beauty will mesmerize you.
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On a podium with waving flags and floating balloons, he can mesmerize and uplift.
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Rosemary Harris could mesmerize an audience by reciting the multiplication table.
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You can dazzle and mesmerize, making it easy for you to move into a leadership position.
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Bill Clinton could predictably mesmerize those who actually watched and heard him speak.
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Chess is an endless labyrinth that can both mesmerize and anesthetize.
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Gambon manages to mesmerize with just his desk and a tape machine as props to help him.
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Big leads that don't get smaller don't exactly mesmerize the galleries.
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- Magnetize: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
- Hypnotize: induce hypnosis in
- Mezmerize is the fourth studio album by American rock band System of a Down. It is the first half of the Mezmerize/Hypnotize double album. It was released on May 17, 2005, six months before Hypnotize.
- "Mesmerize" is the second single by Ja Rule from his album The Last Temptation. The song was produced by Irv Gotti and features R&B artist Ashanti. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it Ashanti's and Ja Rule's fourth top ten hit as a duet.
- Mesmerize is an Interactive art game developed by SCE London Studio in association with Playlogic Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 platform, which utilizes the PlayStation Eye camera peripheral. It was released on PlayStation Store in December 20, 2007.
- Animal magnetism, also known as mesmerism, was the name given by the German doctor Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer in the 18th century to what he believed to be an invisible natural force exerted by animals. He believed that the force could have physical effects, including healing. He tried persistently but without success to achieve scientific recognition of his theories.
- To exercise mesmerism on; to spellbind; to enthrall
- (mesmerization) hypnotism
- The first term for hypnotize, after Franz Anton Mesmer, an Austrian physician who in the late eighteenth century treated and cured hysterical or conversion disorders with what he considered the animal magnetism emanating from his body and permeating the universe.
