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Mesmerise

verb
1.
Attract strongly, as if with a magnet.  Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerize, spellbind.
2.
Induce hypnosis in.  Synonyms: hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerize.






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"Mesmerise" Quotes from Famous Books



... the counter, and after old Faithful had driven the cat into a corner Jimmy saw him suddenly swing his tail at the fly-paper and get firm hold of it; then he squatted down on the counter and wagged the fly-paper at the cat like anything to try and mesmerise it. Jimmy says that when the butcher came into the shop, and Faithful stopped to turn round and see where things were, the butcher yearned at him like anything, and it only made him worse when old Faithful semaphored at ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 • Various



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