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1. Attract strongly, as if with a magnet
   "She mesmerized the audience with her tricks"
   - magnetize, mesmerise [Brit], magnetise [Brit], bewitch, spellbind
    
2. Induce hypnosis in
   - hypnotize, hypnotise [Brit], mesmerise [Brit]

Derived forms: mesmerizes, mesmerizing, mesmerized

See also: Mesmer

Type of: calm, charm, influence, sedate, tempt, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize

Encyclopedia: Mesmerize