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Hypnotize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To put into a state of hypnosis.

v. To fascinate by or as if by hypnosis.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To induce somebody into a state of hypnosis.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To bring into the condition of hypnotism. Also spelled hypnotise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. induce hypnosis in

Word Usage

"He didn't know what "hypnotize" meant, but he had seen Robert almost go to sleep on his feet, and he felt a sense of terrible danger from the cool, composed person of the King."

Verb Form

hypnotized hypnotizes hypnotizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

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Hyponym

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Form

hypnotized hypnotizing hypnotism hypnotizable hypnotist hypnotizability

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

mesmerize

Same Context

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