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Hypnotize   /hˈɪpnətˌaɪz/   Listen
Hypnotize

verb
(past & past part. hypnotized; pres. part. hypnotizing)
1.
Induce hypnosis in.  Synonyms: hypnotise, mesmerise, mesmerize.



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"Hypnotize" Quotes from Famous Books



... kill you dead to see a fool boy side up to a hyena cage and try to hypnotize a hyena by kind words and a pious example, saying soothing words like: "Soo, boss," or "O, come off now, and be a good fellow," and see the hyena snarl and show his teeth like an anarchist that a multi-millionaire might try to tame so he would take a ...
— Peck's Bad Boy at the Circus • George W. Peck

... himself—mostly with an air of reserve, backed by intimations calculated to lead a man to believe he was really hearing something, and counter-questions skilfully dropped into the gravity of the occasion. Those who could not be put off by Sawdy were turned over to Lefever, who could hypnotize a man by asking questions, and send him away satisfied, but vacantly speculative as to whether he was ...
— Laramie Holds the Range • Frank H. Spearman

... great thing to paint a beautiful picture, but 't is a more difficult feat to hypnotize the public into accepting ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) - Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters • Elbert Hubbard

... he thought I was hurting the institution. See what they did to poor little Combes, who mildly claimed to be able to hypnotize people." ...
— The Tyranny of the Dark • Hamlin Garland



Words linked to "Hypnotize" :   calm, entrance, mesmerize, mesmerise, tranquilize, tranquillize, hypnosis, sedate, hypnotizer, tranquillise, spellbind



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