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hypnotize
[ hip-nuh-tahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to put in the hypnotic state.
- to influence, control, or direct completely, as by personal charm, words, or domination:
The speaker hypnotized the audience with his powerful personality.
- to frighten or startle so that movement is impossible:
The headlights hypnotized the deer and it just stood staring at the oncoming car.
hypnotize
/ ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz /
verb
- to induce hypnosis in (a person)
- to charm or beguile; fascinate
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Derived Forms
- ˌhypnoˌtizaˈbility, noun
- ˈhypnoˌtizer, noun
- ˈhypnoˌtizable, adjective
- ˌhypnotiˈzation, noun
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Other Words From
- hypno·tiza·ble adjective
- hypno·tiza·bili·ty noun
- half-hypno·tized adjective
- re·hypno·tize verb (used with object) rehypnotized rehypnotizing
- un·hypno·tiza·ble adjective
- un·hypno·tize verb (used with object) unhypnotized unhypnotizing
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypnotize1
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Example Sentences
We'll go over thar in the mornin' early en I'll watch ye hypnotize her en Hulls, like ye did Logan.
Tells how experts hypnotize at a glance, make others obey their commands.
Moral: Don't let a pole hypnotize you with Fearthought—keep your Mind on the place to which you wish to go.
The pole seemed to hypnotize him, and from that day he couldn't keep his front wheel away from it.
On the other hand, the Paiute, from whom the ghost dance was derived, did not hypnotize.
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