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1. Attract strongly, as if with a magnet
   "She magnetised the audience with her tricks"
   - magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise [Brit], bewitch, spellbind
    
2. Make magnetic
   "The strong magnet magnetised the iron shavings"
   - magnetize

Derived forms: magnetising, magnetised, magnetises

See also: magnet, magnetisation [Brit]

Type of: alter, change, charm, influence, modify, tempt

Antonym: demagnetise [Brit]